Look up any word. Right where you found it.
Webpages, PDFs and games. Point at a word and press your lookup shortcut.
Look up unfamiliar words without leaving your book or game.
Keep reading. Keep playing.
Dictionary lookup and history are free.
Use downloaded dictionaries offline and revisit your words. No account required.
AI Context is optional: sign in for explanations and translations in context. See pricing →
Look up words in 10 languages.
- English
More languages are on the way.
No background recording.
One screenshot per lookup
No continuous or background recording.
Recognition runs on your device
Text recognition and downloaded dictionaries work offline.
Your lookup history stays on your device.
Questions before you install
No. Look up words in webpages, PDFs, images, games and subtitles without copying or selecting them.
No background recording. NearWord captures one frame when you trigger a lookup. Text recognition runs on your device.
Offline: Word lookup with downloaded dictionaries, and your lookup history.
Online: AI Context and downloading dictionaries.
Offline dictionaries: Spanish, German, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese to English, English to Russian, Japanese to German and Chinese, and definitions in English, German and Russian.
AI Context: explanations and translations in all 10 languages listed above.
Word lookup and history are free. No account required.
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