Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
11 results found in plain language.
- Controlled Language (Controlled Natural Language, CL)
- An explicitly defined restriction of a natural language that specifies constraints on vocabulary, grammar, and style to improve clarity, consistency, and machine processability of text. In accessibili…
- Controlled Language (CL, Controlled Natural Language)
- A restricted subset of a natural language that limits vocabulary, grammar, and style to reduce ambiguity and improve clarity and consistency in writing. In accessibility, controlled language rules can…
- Easy Language (Easy-to-Read, Leichte Sprache, Easy Read, Einfache Sprache)
- A simplified form of written language designed to make information accessible to people with reading difficulties, including those with intellectual disabilities, prelingual hearing impairments, learn…
- Easy Read (Easy-to-Read, Easy Language, Plain Language for Cognitive Accessibility)
- A method of presenting written information in a way that is accessible to people with intellectual disabilities, learning difficulties, or low literacy. Easy Read uses short sentences, common everyday…
- Flesch Reading Ease (Flesch Readability Score, Flesch Score, FRE)
- A readability formula developed by Rudolf Flesch in 1948 that rates text on a 100-point scale based on average sentence length and average number of syllables per word. Higher scores indicate easier-t…
- Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (Flesch-Kincaid, FKGL, Flesch-Kincaid readability)
- A readability formula that estimates the U.S. school grade level required to comfortably read a given English text, based on average sentence length and average syllables per word. Developed for the U…
- Functional Literacy (Functional illiteracy)
- The level of reading and writing skill needed to handle everyday tasks — filling out forms, reading medication instructions, understanding a utility bill, using a web service. Adults below this thresh…
- Health Literacy (Digital Health Literacy, eHealth Literacy)
- The degree to which individuals can obtain, process, understand, and act on health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. In the digital context, health literacy extends…
- Plain Language (Plain English, Clear Language, Simple Language)
- Plain language is communication that is clear, concise, and well-organized so that the intended audience can easily find, understand, and use the information. In accessibility, plain language is essen…
- Readability (Text Readability)
- The ease with which written text can be read and understood, determined by factors including vocabulary complexity, sentence length, grammatical structure, and text organisation. Readability is distin…
- Text Complexity (Linguistic complexity, Text difficulty)
- The degree to which a piece of writing demands advanced reading skills to comprehend, driven by factors such as vocabulary frequency, syntactic structure, sentence length, passage organisation, and ba…