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Sites like Wiktionary

The 20 closest online dictionary alternatives to Wiktionary, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 1 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Wiktionary? The closest matches are Glosbe, Wikipedia and The Free Dictionary. 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 Wiktionary

Wiktionary wiktionary.org

Wiktionary

Wikidata: free online multilingual dictionary

Top 10K · #1,355 English 1 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

A free, multilingual online dictionary edited by volunteers as a wiki, with definitions, pronunciations, etymologies, inflections, usage examples and translations for words in many languages.

Who it’s for
Language learners, readers, writers, linguists
Business model
Donations (nonprofit Wikimedia project)

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Wiktionary’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

WikidataWikimedia movementKnow Your MemeWikisourceWikiquoteWordReference.comMerriam-Webster online dictionaryThe Free DictionaryWikipediaGlosbe

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Wiktionary

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Wiktionary, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Glosbe glosbe.com Top 10K English

    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!

  2. 02
    Wikipedia wikipedia.org Top 100 English

    Wikipedia

    Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  3. 03
    The Free Dictionary thefreedictionary.com Top 10K

    Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary

    The World's most comprehensive free online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia with synonyms, definitions, idioms, abbreviations, and medical, financial, legal specialized dictionaries

  4. 04
    Merriam-Webster online dictionary merriam-webster.com Top 1K English

    online English dictionary hosted on merriam-webster.com

  5. 05
    WordReference.com wordreference.com Top 10K

    online dictionary

  6. 06
    dictionary.com Top 10K English

    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!

  7. 07
    Wikibooks wikibooks.org Top 10K English

    Wikibooks

    free multilingual online collection of textbooks

  8. 08
    Urban Dictionary urbandictionary.com Top 10K English

    Urban Dictionary, November 6: Yap Trap

    A seemingly endless debate with a idiot

  9. 09
    Reverso reverso.net Top 10K English

    online translation and linguistic tools

  10. 10
    Wikiquote wikiquote.org Top 10K English

    Wikiquote

    free multilingual online collection of quotes

  11. 11
    Wikisource wikisource.org Top 10K English

    Wikisource

    online multilingual library that collects open-content source material

  12. 12
    Know Your Meme knowyourmeme.com Top 10K English

    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.

  13. 13
    Wikimedia movement wikimedia.org Top 1K English

    Wikimedia Error

    global social movement for free educational knowledge

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    Wikidata wikidata.org Top 10K English

    Wikidata

    free multilingual online knowledge graph

  15. 15
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online britannica.com Top 1K English

    online edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica

  16. 16
    MediaWiki mediawiki.org Top 10K English

    MediaWiki

    free and open-source wiki software, developed by the Wikimedia Foundation

  17. 17
    BibleGateway.com biblegateway.com Top 1K English

    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.

  18. 18
    Namuwiki namu.wiki Top 10K English

    Paraguay-based Korean wiki website

  19. 19
    Investopedia investopedia.com Top 10K English

    Simple Page

    website focused on finance and investing

  20. 20
    Liquipedia liquipedia.net Top 10K English

    Liquipedia

    esports encyclopedia

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to wiktionary.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Wiktionary uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Wiktionary is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

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