Using the Dictionary screen

Overview

The in-reader popup covered in Looking up a word is great while you're reading, but sometimes you want to look something up on its own, with no book open. That's what the Dictionary screen is for. It's available on both desktop and mobile.

Downloading a dictionary

You can download a full dictionary pack for your language to search offline. Once it's downloaded, lookups on that language work without a connection.

Browsing by level

CEFR-level chips, A1 through C2, let you browse words by level instead of searching for something specific. Useful if you want to explore vocabulary around where you're currently reading.

Words of the Day and recent lookups

The screen also includes a "Words of the Day" section, and a "Recently Looked Up" list so you can find your way back to something you checked earlier without searching again.

How search works

Search follows the same order as in-reader lookup: your offline dictionary first, then Wiktionary. On desktop, there's also a "Look up with AI" option if neither of those has what you need.

Looking up on the web

If you want more examples than Lexxio's own results give you, tap "Look up on the web." This opens an external site, Reverso Context for supported languages, or DuckDuckGo for everything else.

Typing pinyin for Mandarin

If you're learning Mandarin, you can type pinyin into the search field and get matching hanzi suggestions as you type, so you don't need to already know the character to find it.

Saving what you find

Anything you look up here can be saved to your study list the same way as from the reader. See Saving words while you read for what that list does.