Paste a post. The checker highlights every sentence a reader would stumble on, and the words to cut.
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Readability score
Example
Slows readers down
Several long sentences and heavy words stack up on each other.
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The post we readLong sentencesJargonPassive voice
What to cut
I think it is essential to demonstrate that our content approach was reviewed by the leadership team in order to facilitate a more strategic alignment across every regional market.
Last quarter the roadmap was completely restructured, and the results were subsequently evaluated by three separate stakeholders who were asked to provide feedback prior to the final decision.
Maybe the real lesson is that teams who utilize a rigorous methodology to prioritize their initiatives will obtain significantly better outcomes than teams who simply react.
it is essential
demonstrate
in order to
facilitate
was reviewed
were asked
I think
Maybe
subsequently
significantly
simply
Nothing to cut.
No long sentence, no jargon, no passive voice, no hedging, no adverb. This one reads in one pass.
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The five checks
Every rule the checker applies, with the exact threshold that triggers it. The ones found in the post above are marked.
The MagicPost readability checker flags five things in a LinkedIn post: sentences of 14 words or more that hit reading level 10, jargon words, passive voice, hedging phrases and adverbs. Each one is quoted from your own text, so you can see what to cut.
| Check | What triggers it | Why it matters in a feed |
|---|---|---|
| Long sentences | 14 words or more, and a reading level of 10 or higher. Level 14 counts double. | Past 14 words the eye loses the thread on a phone screen. |
| Jargon | A word or phrase from the list of 195 heavy turns of phrase. | A word nobody says out loud costs a reader a beat. |
| Passive voice | A word ending in -ed right after is, are, was, were, be, been or being. | Passive hides the actor, and the sentence gets longer for nothing. |
| Hedging | A phrase from the list of 37 hedges, such as “I think” or “maybe”. | “I think” and “maybe” take the weight out of your own point. |
| Adverbs | A word ending in -ly that is not on the list of 172 non-adverbs, such as “family”. | An adverb usually props up a verb that was not doing its job. |
A heavy sentence is easier to cut before it is published. MagicPost measures every draft as you type it.
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The post is split into paragraphs, then into sentences on every full stop, question mark and exclamation mark. Each sentence gets a reading level from its word count and its letters per word.
A rule never fires without the words that triggered it. You read the sentence, you decide. The checker only names what it can show you inside your own post.
The rules run in your browser as you type. Your post is never sent anywhere, never stored, and there is no daily limit to hit.
Your next step
By the time a post lands in this box, the long sentences are already written. MagicPost drafts at your own length, learned from the posts you already published.
Drafted at your own rhythm. MagicPost measures how long your sentences and paragraphs run. New drafts come out at that length.
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FAQ
How much work a sentence asks of a reader, not whether the post is any good. The score starts at 100 and drops for long sentences, jargon, passive voice, hedging and adverbs. A thin post can score 100, and a great post can score low if it is written in long sentences.
A sentence is only flagged when it runs 14 words or more and its reading level reaches 10. A long sentence made of short, plain words stays easy to read, so the checker leaves it alone. Both signals have to fire, the length and the density, before it marks a line.
No. The word lists behind jargon, hedging, adverbs and passive voice are English, so the checker only reads English posts. Running it on another language would return a number that means nothing.
No. The rules run in your browser, on your machine, as you type. Your post never leaves the page, we keep no copy of it, and there is no daily limit. You can paste a draft nobody has seen yet. Write LinkedIn posts in your own voice with MagicPost
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