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Product description word counter

Length, readability and keyword density in one pass.

Paste product copy and get word count, reading grade, sentence length distribution and keyword density. Landing copy at a 5th–7th grade reading level converts roughly twice as well as professional-level prose.

What it checks

  • Word and character count
  • Flesch–Kincaid reading grade
  • Sentence length distribution
  • Keyword density and repetition flags

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Reading the results

What each number is telling you.

A report you cannot interpret is just a longer way of saying something is wrong.

  • Reading grade

    Flesch–Kincaid, roughly the school year needed to read it comfortably. For product and landing copy, aim between 5th and 7th grade.

  • Sentence length distribution

    A cluster of very long sentences is usually the real cause of a bad reading score, more than vocabulary is.

  • Keyword density

    How often a term repeats. There is no target to hit — this is here to catch accidental repetition, not to chase a number.

  • Word count

    Useful as a relative measure against what already ranks for your terms. There is no minimum that earns a ranking.

Why it matters

The mechanism, not the platitude.

  • 01

    Simpler copy converts better

    Unbounce’s benchmark data across tens of thousands of landing pages puts conversion at 11.1% for copy at a 5th–7th grade level against 5.3% for professional-level writing — better than double.

  • 02

    Shoppers scan before they read

    Product copy is skimmed. Short sentences and front-loaded specifics survive skimming; long qualified clauses do not.

  • 03

    Density targets are a myth

    Keyword density has not been a ranking lever for a long time. Writing to a percentage produces copy that reads badly and helps nothing.

Common findings

What this usually turns up, and the fix.

Four problems that account for most of what this tool reports on a Shopify store.

The finding

Manufacturer copy pasted verbatim

Why it happens

Supplier descriptions imported along with the catalog.

The fix

Rewrite at least the first paragraph. Identical copy across every retailer selling the item gives Google no reason to prefer your page.

The finding

Every sentence over thirty words

Why it happens

Specifications strung together with commas.

The fix

Break at the commas. One claim per sentence.

The finding

The specifics buried at the bottom

Why it happens

Brand story first, material and fit last.

The fix

Lead with what it is made of and how it fits. That is what the customer came to find.

The finding

The same phrase in every paragraph

Why it happens

Deliberate repetition of a target term.

The fix

Say it once, properly. Repetition does not compound.

Limits

What this will not tell you.

Every tool has a boundary. Knowing where this one ends is what keeps you from over-reading it.

  • Reading grade is a formula over sentence and syllable length. It cannot tell whether the writing is any good.
  • It analyses text you paste. It does not fetch your live pages.
Questions

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Between 5th and 7th grade for landing and product copy. Unbounce's benchmark data puts conversion at 11.1% for copy at that level against 5.3% for professional-level writing.

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