Pricing

Pay per usage

Free Dictionary API

Fetch word definitions, phonetics, pronunciation audio, parts of speech, and example usage from the official Free Dictionary API (dictionaryapi.dev) — keyless, no auth, no rate limits.

Pricing

Pay per usage

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Bruno Finger

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

6 days ago

Last modified

Free Dictionary API Actor

Fetches word definitions, phonetics, pronunciation audio, parts of speech, and example usage from the official Free Dictionary API (dictionaryapi.dev) — keyless, no auth, no rate limits.

Features

Keyless API: No API key required, no authentication needed
Rich definitions: Returns phonetics, audio pronunciation, parts of speech, definitions, and example usage
Multiple meanings: Handles words with multiple definitions and parts of speech
Batch lookup: Process multiple words in a single run

Input

{
  "words": ["hello", "world", "example"]
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
words	array[string]	Yes	List of words to look up

Output

Each word produces a dataset row with:

{
  "word": "hello",
  "phonetic": "hə��lo��",
  "phonetics": [
    {
      "text": "hə��lo��",
      "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hello-us.mp3"
    }
  ],
  "origin": "late 19th century: variant of hallo",
  "meanings": [
    {
      "partOfSpeech": "exclamation",
      "definitions": [
        {
          "definition": "Used as a greeting or to begin a phone conversation.",
          "example": "hello, how are you?"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Pricing

PAY_PER_EVENT: $0.001 per word looked up (event name: word-looked-up)

API Source

Official Free Dictionary API: https://dictionaryapi.dev/

Free Dictionary Word Definitions Scraper

parseforge/dictionaryapi-words-scraper

Scrapes word definitions, phonetics, pronunciation audio, parts of speech, and examples from the Free Dictionary API. Supports 12 languages, no API key, up to a million words per run.

ParseForge

Free Dictionary Scraper

gio21/free-dictionary-scraper

Look up word definitions, phonetics, audio pronunciation, synonyms, antonyms, examples via the Free Dictionary API. No API key. Multi-language. For dictionaries, language learning, NLP datasets.

Gio

Free English Dictionary & Definitions Lookup

fit_melon/free-dictionary-definitions-lookup

Bulk English word lookup: definitions, phonetics, pronunciation audio, part of speech, synonyms and antonyms. Free, no API key. Clean JSON for word lists, NLP and language apps.

D N

Free Dictionary Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/free-dictionary-scraper

Look up word definitions, phonetics, audio pronunciations, etymology, synonyms, and antonyms using the Free Dictionary API. Supports 30+ languages. No API key required.

Fortuitous Pirate

Dictionary API

vivid_astronaut/dictionary

BRAINIALL Team

Free Dictionary Scraper

benthepythondev/free-dictionary-scraper

Collect Free Dictionary API records and export word, phonetic, origin, meanings, phonetics, license name as structured JSON, CSV or Excel data.

Ben

Dictionaryapi Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/dictionaryapi-scraper

Look up English word definitions, phonetics, synonyms, antonyms, and audio pronunciations. Free API, no auth required.

Fortuitous Pirate

Dictionary & Definitions Scraper

chrisp1211/dictionary-scraper-max

Dictionary & Definitions Scraper. No API key required. Pay only per result; empty or failed runs cost nothing.

Christian Pichichero

Dictionary Scraper - Word Definitions & Phonetics

lulzasaur/dictionaryapi-scraper

Scrape word definitions, phonetics, synonyms, antonyms and examples. Supports 12 languages including English, Spanish, French and German.

lulz bot

Dictionary Word Definitions Scraper

parseforge/dictionary-api-scraper

Scrapes word definitions, synonyms, pronunciations, and etymologies from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. Input a word list or a paragraph and get back a flat row per entry.

ParseForge