---
title: See Which Sentences Push a Passage Past Its Reading Level — Free
description: Paste a passage, get its grade level and the specific sentences dragging it up — plus a shorter ladder rung to aim at. Runs entirely in your browser.
category: learning
last_verified: 2026-09-13
freshness: green
published: 2026-09-12
canonical_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/passage-grade-level-ladder.html
companion_app_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/passage-grade-level-ladder.html
reading_time_minutes: 3
tags: learning, readability, plain-language, accessibility, writing, no-account
---

# See Which Sentences Push a Passage Past Its Reading Level — Free

Paste a passage, get its grade level and the specific sentences dragging it up — plus a shorter ladder rung to aim at. Runs entirely in your browser.

**Free and complete.** This guide is a standalone free tool — no account, no card, anywhere. The only paid option is one optional extra outcome: $4 one-time. Nothing in the free tier is gated.

## Who it's for

Anyone seeking practical 100% free AI workflows — no paid API keys, credit cards, or subscriptions

## What's free

- Any number of sentences
- Per-sentence rung with the matched construction named
- Copy the ladder as text
- Stateful link to any result

## Optional paid add-on

**$4 one-time.**

- Printable ladder with each sentence beside its rewrite slot — estimate: 11 minutes saved per passage, basis: 6 sentences re-copied at ~110 seconds each
- Saved local history across drafts — estimate: 5 minutes saved per revision, basis: re-splitting a 6-sentence passage into lines

## Sources & verification

- Tool: Local readability arithmetic (no model needed)
- Primary source: the free tool itself (local-first, no external dependency)
- Last verification: 2026-09-13 (green)

## Use it

- Interactive guide: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/passage-grade-level-ladder.html
- Companion app: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/passage-grade-level-ladder.html
- This machine-readable mirror: /mirrors/passage-grade-level-ladder.md

*Generated free at https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/passage-grade-level-ladder.html — every guide on GratisAI is a complete, working tool. $0, no account, no card, anywhere.*