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Can you show me how to read the keyword difficulty metric in Semrush so I do not waste time writing articles my brand new website cannot possibly rank for?

ChatGPTgpt-61 query11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Can you show me how to read the keyword difficulty metric in Semrush so I do not waste time writing articles my brand new website cannot possibly rank for?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
Semrush Keyword Difficulty KD percentage official scale 0 14 29 49 69 84Google ↗
OBSERVEDYes / no

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (1)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstructionYes / no100%

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
Semrush Keyword Difficulty KD percentage official scale 0 14 29 49 69 84 Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Semrush Keyword Difficulty KD percentage official scale 0 14 29 49 69 84
OBSERVED
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