Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Merriam-Webster online dictionary
The 20 closest online dictionary alternatives to Merriam-Webster online dictionary, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Merriam-Webster online dictionary? The closest matches are The Free Dictionary, dictionary.com and Wiktionary. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Merriam-Webster online dictionary merriam-webster.com
Wikidata: online English dictionary hosted on merriam-webster.com
Summary by Claude
A free online English dictionary and thesaurus with definitions, pronunciations, etymologies, synonyms, word games and language articles, from the American dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.
- Who it’s for
- English speakers, students, writers
- Business model
- Advertising and subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Merriam-Webster online dictionary’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Merriam-Webster online dictionary, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read merriam-webster.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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Meanings & Definitions of English Words | Dictionary.com
The world's leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences, word games, and more. A trusted authority for 25+ years!
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Wiktionary
free online multilingual dictionary
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Urban Dictionary, November 6: Yap Trap
A seemingly endless debate with a idiot
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Glosbe Dictionary - All Languages of the World in One Place
Glosbe dictionary - one place, all languages! Translations, example sentences, pronunciation recordings and grammar references. Check it out!
- Cloudflare
- Google Search Console
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Analytics
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online translation and linguistic tools
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online edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica
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Internet Meme Database | Know Your Meme
Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Simple Page
website focused on finance and investing
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Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas
Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.
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The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore news, Asia and world news & multimedia
The Straits Times - Get latest breaking news, business, sports, lifestyle, tech & multimedia and more news in Singapore, Asia & rest of the world at straitstimes.com.
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The Verge
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
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News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
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MUO - Technology, Simplified.
MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.
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Preply: Learn with the best online language tutors on app & web
Looking for a tutor? Preply is the best platform for private online lessons with a flexible payment system and affordable prices. Book your first lesson.
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Canva
online graphic design platform
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BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 150 versions and 50 languages.
Read, hear, and study Scripture at the world's most-visited Christian website. Grow your faith with devotionals, Bible reading plans, and mobile apps.
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official regulator for the Spanish language
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online provider of legal information
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Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to merriam-webster.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Merriam-Webster online dictionary uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Merriam-Webster online dictionary is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562fb06487ce31b-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net ~all
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-636.awsdns-15.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=QFIo-DJEb2h-NnAkKfbngucTyIPtJLkdhiK9nI-icWo
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Merriam-Webster online dictionary adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 13/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on merriam-webster.com 11/20
- Cloudflare 9/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on merriam-webster.com 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on merriam-webster.com 6/20
- Google Analytics · not on merriam-webster.com 6/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on merriam-webster.com 6/20
- Apple Business · not on merriam-webster.com 5/20
- PHP · not on merriam-webster.com 5/20
- Adobe · not on merriam-webster.com 4/20
- Atlassian · not on merriam-webster.com 4/20
- Prebid.js · not on merriam-webster.com 4/20
- WordPress · not on merriam-webster.com 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on merriam-webster.com 4/20