Select unfamiliar words on any website, on YouTube or in a PDF. They’re saved with the sentence, turned into flashcards and brought back for training at the right time.
Apprendre des mots étrangers, c'est élargir délibérément son horizon intérieur. Chaque terme nouvellement acquis révèle une perspective insoupçonnée et transforme subtilement notre manière de percevoir le monde. À mesure que le lexique s'enrichit, la pensée gagne en justesse et en clairvoyance, en discernement, ouvrant la voie à une compréhension plus profonde et plus nuancée de la réalité qui nous entoure. Cette quête perpétuelle de savoir enrichit l' esprit...
Spotlight highlights unfamiliar words right in the text of any website or PDF. Click one to see its translations and hear it in a natural human-like voice. Rate how well you know it, and the word is saved with its sentence and a link back to the exact spot where you found it.
Chrome extensionTurn on interactive subtitles in the player. Hover a word and the video pauses; click to see the translation and hear it spoken. The word is saved together with the line from the video.
YouTube translator
Laissez la sauce à feu doux pendant vingt minutes, puis incorporez le beurre.
Your vocabulary lives on the site: collections by language, topic or source. Import an old list from CSV, generate a set with AI or copy a ready-made one from the library. Statistics show your streak and how many words you have learned.
Vocabulary
A saved word is already a card: translation, the sentence from the source, audio and a picture if you want one. Flip through the deck in the player, listen without looking at the screen, mark how well you know each word.
Flashcards
For any page or video you see what share of the words you already know. Based on your own vocabulary, not on an abstract difficulty label. Four zones tell you whether to start, and a hint shows which few words would add the most understanding.
How the score is calculated

Take a ready-made collection from the library: the most common Spanish words, French from Netflix series, English for job interviews. Copy it to your account and it works in every exercise and flashcard right away.
| Course apps | Flashcard apps | WordByWord | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Words from what you read and watch | – | – | ✓ |
| Translation on any site, YouTube and PDF | – | – | ✓ |
| Sentence saved together with the word | – | by hand | ✓ |
| Flashcards with audio | partly | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spaced repetition | partly | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comprehension score for a page or video | – | – | ✓ |
| 50+ languages in one account | one at a time | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free plan | limited | ✓ | ✓ |
Course apps: Duolingo, Babbel, Busuu. Flashcard apps: Anki, Quizlet. Based on public feature descriptions, September 2026.
Natural pronunciation for words and phrases, with a choice of male or female voice.
From Spanish and Japanese to Icelandic and Swahili — learn several languages in parallel and keep them separate.
Unlimited translations, audio, flashcards and more.
Anki, CSV or printable PDF, any time.
Courses teach their own syllabus, Anki stores other people’s decks or ones you typed by hand. WordByWord takes words from what you already read and watch, keeps them with context and decides itself what to review first.
No. The extension is the fastest way to collect words, but you can also type them in, import a CSV, generate a set with AI or copy a collection from the library. Flashcards and trainings work the same either way.
Yes. Translations, vocabulary tracking and flashcards are free with no limits. Premium removes the monthly limits on trainings and AI generation and adds enhanced voiceover — see pricing.
Install the Chrome extension and sign in with your Google account — it takes a few seconds. Then open any website and start selecting words to translate and save them.
Yes. Hover over the subtitles and the video pauses; click a word to translate it and save it to a collection.
50+, from Spanish and Japanese to Icelandic and Swahili, several at once if you like. Here is the full list of supported languages.
Yes. We store your vocabulary and learning progress to run the app and never sell your data to third parties. Details are in the Privacy Policy.
Yes. Import words from CSV files and export collections to Anki, CSV or PDF, so your vocabulary is always portable.
Create a free account, open any page and save your first word.
Works on any site, YouTube and PDF