La formule de lisibilité Spache évalue le texte par rapport à une liste de mots familiers de niveau primaire. Conçue pour le matériel de lecture K-4.
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.
Use Spache for any text aimed at K-4 readers — primary readers, beginning ESL, picture books, learn-to-read content. It's the formula educators most often request for grade 4 and below.
Spache and Dale-Chall both use familiar-words lists, but Spache targets younger readers (K-4) and Dale-Chall targets grades 4+. Use Spache for primary, Dale-Chall for everything else.
The Spache Readability Formula was developed in 1953 specifically for primary-grade text (K-4).
It scores against a list of approximately 1,000 words familiar to elementary readers, combined with sentence length: grade = 0.121 × avg sentence length + 0.082 × % unfamiliar + 0.659.
Best used to evaluate beginning readers, picture books, and ESL primary material. Above grade 4, switch to Dale-Chall.
Spache for K-4 reading material. Dale-Chall for grade 4+. They use different familiar-words lists.
The Spache list dates to 1953 — modern children's vocabulary may not match. Suffix stripping helps but isn't perfect.
Grade 1-2 for early readers, 3-4 for primary independent reading. Above grade 4, use a different formula.
Entrée
"The dog ran fast across the green field."
Sortie
Spache grade 1.4 — primary.
All eight words are in the Spache familiar-words list and the sentence is short. Suitable for grade 1–2 readers.
Score de lisibilité classique 0–100.
readabilityNiveau scolaire (US) de votre texte.
readabilityPénalise les mots complexes (3+ syllabes).
readabilityNiveau scolaire pour textes médicaux et de santé.