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Sentence Complexity Analyzer

Analyseur gratuit de complexité de phrases. Mesure la profondeur moyenne des propositions, le nombre de subordonnées, la classification simple/composée/complexe, le taux de voix passive et identifie les structures les plus longues.

Non conçu pour le Français

Cet outil a été calibré pour l'anglais (et quelques langues proches). Les résultats en Français risquent de ne pas être significatifs.

Quand l’utiliser

Use when your text feels hard to read but you can't pinpoint why. A high clause depth combined with high passive count is the classic recipe for "dense" prose.

Comparaison

Where readability formulas give a single grade, this tool tells you what *kind* of complexity drives it — subordination, coordination, or length.

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Comment ça marche

Each sentence is tokenized and counted for subordinating connectives ("because", "although"), coordinating connectives ("and", "but"), and passive constructions.

Clause depth is roughly 1 + subordinate clause count. Sentences with no connectives are "simple"; with only coordination they're "compound"; with any subordination they're "complex".

Splits surfaced are sentences over 35 words or with three or more subordinate clauses — typical candidates for trimming.

FAQ

What does clause depth measure?

Roughly how many clauses each sentence contains. A sentence with two subordinate clauses has depth 3.

What grade level does this map to?

Not directly — use a readability formula for that. This tool is about syntactic complexity, which can be high in clear writing or low in unclear writing.

Why does it flag passive voice?

Heavy passive voice and deep subordination both increase parsing load. The split suggestions surface sentences that combine both.

Exemple concret

Entrée

Although the meeting ran long, we covered every agenda item. Decisions were made. The team left energized.

Sortie

Avg clause depth: 1.67 — Simple. Mix: 2 simple, 0 compound, 1 complex.

One subordinate clause ("Although the meeting ran long") gives sentence 1 a depth of 2; the other two are depth 1. The blend reads as varied but accessible.

Pièges courants

  • Heuristic detection — does not parse syntax fully.
  • Dialogue confuses the simple/compound classifier (heavy "and" usage).
  • Long sentences without subordination are not flagged — only deep nesting is.

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