Page text stays in your browser
Visible text is processed locally to decide what to mark; hidden or unavailable page text is excluded. The pages you visit are not uploaded to WordySpot.
Browser extension
Underlines the English words you don’t know yet, on any page you read.
Point at one and a card explains it and says it out loud. Save it, and it waits for you in My Words.
On iPhone and iPad, WordySpot runs only in the Orion or Teak browser — see both. On Android, WordySpot runs in Firefox, Vivaldi and a few others, but not in Chrome — see them all. WordySpot is not available in this browser — add it to Chrome or Firefox instead, or see the other options.
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On every page you read
What it does
New words get a line under them
When a page opens, WordySpot underlines the words that are probably new to you. The most common English words never are, and neither is a word you have marked as known. The WordySpot button in your toolbar counts them, and on a phone so does a small tab at the edge of the page.
Point at one to see what it means
On a phone, tap it. A card opens over the page with short definitions written for learners and ▶ to hear the word. Its three buttons sort it:
- Known stops underlining it.
- Learning saves it and keeps it underlined, so you keep meeting it.
- Ignore skips it, for names and words you don’t care about.
Or sort the whole page at once
The panel lists every new word on the page and how often it turns up. Tick the ones you already know, mark them all in one go, and read on.
Saved words wait in My Words
Every word you sort is kept on wordyspot.com, in Known, Learning, Ignore and any lists of your own, and the same words follow you to every browser you connect.
How to use WordySpot: every button and setting, with screenshots
In about a minute
From the store to your first saved word
Add it from the store and a setup tab opens by itself. Sign in, or make a free account there, and it connects. Then open anything you want to read.
Step 1 On the store page, click Add to Chrome
Step 1On the store page, click Add to Chrome
Step 2Chrome asks to confirm. Click Add extension
Step 3A WordySpot tab opens by itself and connects. Sign in if it asks.
Step 3You’re connected. Setup is done.
Step 4Open any page in English. Words that are new to you are underlined.
Step 4Click a word to see what it means
Step 4▶ plays how it sounds
Step 4+ Learning saves it
LaterSaved words are in My Words on wordyspot.com
LaterClick one to see its meaning again
Step 1On Firefox Add-ons, click Add to Firefox
Step 2Firefox asks to confirm. Click Add
Step 3A WordySpot tab opens by itself and connects. Sign in if it asks.
Step 3You’re connected. Setup is done.
Step 4Open any page in English. Words that are new to you are underlined.
Step 4Click a word to see what it means
Step 4▶ plays how it sounds
Step 4+ Learning saves it
LaterSaved words are in My Words on wordyspot.com
LaterClick one to see its meaning again
On a phone
It works in a few phone browsers
Chrome and Safari on phones can’t run extensions, but these browsers can. Each one has a short video of the whole setup, tap by tap.
Android
Your reading
What it does with what you read
There is no company behind WordySpot — it is one developer, not a startup with investors. No ad business, no data to resell, no growth team asking for your browsing history. The reasons other extensions end up watching you do not exist here, and the three rules below are what that looks like in practice.
Only the words you ask about
A word leaves your browser when you open its definition, play its pronunciation, or save it to a list.
Off in private windows
The extension does not run in private or incognito browsing, and is not used to collect your browsing history.