readability

/ˌridəˈbɪləti/
noun
  1. The quality of being easy or pleasant to read.
    • Using a larger font improves the readability of a website on mobile phones.
    • The readability of the old manuscript was poor because the ink had faded.
    • The teacher praised the essay for its clarity and readability.
  2. A measure of how easy a text is to understand, often based on sentence length and word difficulty.
    • The software calculates the readability score of a document using the Flesch-Kincaid test.
    • The author adjusted the vocabulary to improve the readability for younger readers.
    • News articles are usually written at a readability level that most adults can understand.