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Look words up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary: definitions grouped by language and part of speech, pronunciation recordings, categories, related entries, and full-text search across any of its 190+ language editions.

Actions

ActionWhat it does
Compare revisionsShow what changed between two revisions of an entry, line by line, with each line marked as added, removed or unchanged (the diff behind 'what did that edit actually do to the definition?').
Get a revisionGet one revision of an entry, including the wiki source exactly as it stood at that moment (how a word was defined before somebody changed it).
Get definitionsLook a word up and get its definitions, already grouped by the language it belongs to and by part of speech, with usage examples.
Get entries linking hereList the entries that link to this one: the words that mention it in their definitions, its compounds and derived forms, and the alternative spellings that redirect to it.
Get entry as HTMLGet an entry rendered as HTML, ready to paste into an email, a document or a web page: headings, pronunciation tables, numbered senses and links all intact.
Get entry as textGet a whole entry as plain, readable text with the wiki markup already resolved (the form to hand to a summary, a translation or an AI step).
Get entry categoriesList the categories an entry belongs to.
Get entry detailsCheck whether an entry exists and when it last changed, without downloading it.
Get entry edit countsCount an entry's edits (in total, or only the ones by bots, by logged-out editors, marked minor or later reverted), plus how many distinct people have worked on it.
Get entry historyList an entry's recent revisions, newest first: who changed it, when, by how many bytes and why.
Get entry in other languagesList the other Wiktionary editions that also document this spelling, with a link to each.
Get entry mediaList an entry's media: above all its pronunciation recordings, of which a well-covered word has several, one per accent.
Get entry sourceGet an entry's wiki source together with its page details.
Get linked entriesList the entries an entry links to.
Get media fileGet the direct URL, size and licensing for one Wiktionary media file: the playable link for a pronunciation recording, or the full-size image behind a thumbnail, together with the attribution its licence asks for.
Get random entriesPick entries at random: a word of the day, a vocabulary quiz, a writing prompt.
Get recent changesList a Wiktionary edition's recent changes (the feed behind a 'watch the dictionary' workflow).
List entriesWalk a Wiktionary edition's titles in alphabetical order: every entry starting with 'cat', the stretch from 'aa' to 'az', or simply the first few thousand.
List entries in a categoryList everything filed under one Wiktionary category: every English palindrome, every term borrowed from Japanese, every word that has been Word of the Day.
List namespacesList a Wiktionary edition's namespaces and the number that identifies each one.
List Wiktionary editionsList every Wiktionary edition and the language code each one uses.
Search entriesSearch a Wiktionary edition for entries matching some text, and get each match with a highlighted excerpt showing where it matched.
Search entries (advanced)Search a Wiktionary edition with the full-text engine's own controls: search a namespace other than the dictionary itself (Appendix, Thesaurus, Rhymes), choose the ordering, page beyond the first screen, and see how many entries matched in total.
Suggest entriesComplete a partly-typed word against Wiktionary's entry titles.

Compare revisions

Show what changed between two revisions of an entry, line by line, with each line marked as added, removed or unchanged (the diff behind 'what did that edit actually do to the definition?').

Inputs

From revisionfrom_revisionnumberRequired
The earlier revision id.At least 1.
To revisionto_revisionnumberRequired
The later revision id.At least 1.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

added_line_countnumber
changeslist
countnumber
How many items this result carries.
fromobject
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
removed_line_countnumber
toobject
Example output
{
  "added_line_count": 1,
  "changes": [
    {
      "line_number": 12,
      "text": "===Etymology===",
      "type": "context"
    },
    {
      "line_number": 13,
      "text": "From Middle English cat, catte.",
      "type": "added"
    }
  ],
  "count": 2,
  "from": {
    "id": 91924047,
    "slot_role": "main",
    "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?oldid=91924047"
  },
  "language": "en",
  "removed_line_count": 0,
  "to": {
    "id": 92013814,
    "slot_role": "main",
    "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?oldid=92013814"
  }
}

Get a revision

Get one revision of an entry, including the wiki source exactly as it stood at that moment (how a word was defined before somebody changed it).

Inputs

Revisionrevision_idnumberRequired
The revision id, as Get entry history reports it.At least 1.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

commenttext
content_modeltext
html_urltext
API link to this revision rendered as HTML.
idnumber
is_minortrue/false
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
license_titletext
license_urltext
page_idnumber
page_urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
sizenumber
size_changenumber
sourcetext
The entry's wikitext at this revision.
timestamptext
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
user_idnumber
user_nametext
Example output
{
  "comment": "/* Middle English */",
  "content_model": "wikitext",
  "html_url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/rest.php/v1/revision/92013814/html",
  "id": 92013814,
  "is_minor": false,
  "language": "en",
  "license_title": "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en",
  "page_id": 36,
  "page_url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat",
  "size": 40563,
  "size_change": 419,
  "source": "==English==\n\n===Noun===\n\n# A domesticated feline.",
  "timestamp": "2026-08-15T08:33:02Z",
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?oldid=92013814",
  "user_id": 3219301,
  "user_name": "Hazarasp"
}

Get definitions

Look a word up and get its definitions, already grouped by the language it belongs to and by part of speech, with usage examples. One spelling is often several words at once ('cat' is an English noun, an English verb, a Translingual symbol and a Dutch verb form) and each comes back separately. The English Wiktionary defines words from every language, so a French or Japanese word works here too; it is the only edition Wikimedia parses definitions for, so to read an entry on another edition use Get entry as text.

Inputs

WordtermtextRequired
The word or phrase to look up, spelled exactly as the entry is (Wiktionary titles are case-sensitive: 'cat' and 'Cat' are different entries).
Parts of speechparts_of_speechlist
Keep only the senses filed under these parts of speech. Leave every option unchecked to get them all.One or more of: noun, proper noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, postposition, conjunction, interjection, and 20 more.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English. Definitions are parsed for the English Wiktionary only (it covers words from every language), so leave this on English unless you know the edition you pick serves them.Default: en.

Outputs

definition_countnumber
Total definitions across every sense.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
languageslist
Language codes this word is documented under, e.g. ['en', 'nl'].
senseslist
One entry per language + part-of-speech combination.
termtext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "definition_count": 1,
  "language": "en",
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "definitions": [
        {
          "definition": "A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.",
          "definition_html": "A <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"/wiki/domesticate\">domesticated</a> subspecies (<i>Felis silvestris catus</i>) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.",
          "examples": [
            "The cat sat on the mat."
          ]
        }
      ],
      "language": "English",
      "language_code": "en",
      "part_of_speech": "Noun"
    }
  ],
  "term": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get entries linking here

List the entries that link to this one: the words that mention it in their definitions, its compounds and derived forms, and the alternative spellings that redirect to it.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The Wiktionary entry whose incoming links to list.
Namespacenamespacetext
Only entries in this part of the wiki. Defaults to every namespace.
Includeincludetext
Whether to include redirects among the linking pages. Defaults to both.One of: all (Entries and redirects), nonredirects (Entries only), redirects (Redirects only). Default: all.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
How many entries to return (1–500). Defaults to 50.From 1 to 500. Default: 50.
Continue fromcontinue_fromtext
Pass the 'next_page_token' a previous run returned to pick up where it stopped. Leave blank for the first page.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
entrieslist
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
next_page_tokentext
Token to pass back as 'continue_from' for the next page; empty when there is nothing more.
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "count": 2,
  "entries": [
    {
      "is_redirect": false,
      "namespace": 0,
      "page_id": 1139,
      "title": "Abyssinian",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abyssinian"
    },
    {
      "is_redirect": true,
      "namespace": 0,
      "page_id": 1654,
      "title": "kitty cat",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kitty_cat"
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "next_page_token": "0|1654",
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get entry as HTML

Get an entry rendered as HTML, ready to paste into an email, a document or a web page: headings, pronunciation tables, numbered senses and links all intact.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The Wiktionary entry to render.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

character_countnumber
htmltext
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "character_count": 71,
  "html": "<h2>English</h2><h3>Noun</h3><ol><li>A domesticated feline.</li></ol>",
  "language": "en",
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get entry as text

Get a whole entry as plain, readable text with the wiki markup already resolved (the form to hand to a summary, a translation or an AI step). An alternative spelling is followed to the real entry, and the title it came from is reported back.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The Wiktionary entry to read. Redirects are followed automatically.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

character_countnumber
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
page_idnumber
redirected_fromtext
The title asked for, when it redirected somewhere else; empty otherwise.
texttext
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "character_count": 84,
  "language": "en",
  "page_id": 36,
  "redirected_from": "",
  "text": "English\n\nPronunciation\n\nIPA: /k\u00e6t/\n\nNoun\n\ncat (plural cats)\n\nA domesticated feline.",
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get entry categories

List the categories an entry belongs to. Wiktionary's categories are its grammar metadata ('English nouns', 'English irregular verbs', 'English terms derived from Latin', 'English palindromes'), so reading them tells a workflow what kind of word it is holding.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The Wiktionary entry whose categories to list.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
How many categories to return (1–500). Defaults to 100.From 1 to 500. Default: 100.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

categorieslist
countnumber
How many items this result carries.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
next_page_tokentext
Token to pass back as 'continue_from' for the next page; empty when there is nothing more.
page_idnumber
titletext
Example output
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "name": "English nouns",
      "title": "Category:English nouns",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_nouns"
    },
    {
      "name": "English 3-letter words",
      "title": "Category:English 3-letter words",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_3-letter_words"
    }
  ],
  "count": 2,
  "language": "en",
  "next_page_token": "",
  "page_id": 36,
  "title": "cat"
}

Get entry details

Check whether an entry exists and when it last changed, without downloading it. This is the cheap check to run on a schedule: compare the latest revision id with the one the last run saw.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The exact title of the Wiktionary entry to check.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

content_modeltext
html_urltext
API link to the rendered HTML.
keytext
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
latest_revision_idnumber
latest_revision_timestamptext
license_titletext
license_urltext
page_idnumber
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "content_model": "wikitext",
  "html_url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/rest.php/v1/page/cat/html",
  "key": "cat",
  "language": "en",
  "latest_revision_id": 92013814,
  "latest_revision_timestamp": "2026-08-15T08:33:02Z",
  "license_title": "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en",
  "page_id": 36,
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get entry edit counts

Count an entry's edits (in total, or only the ones by bots, by logged-out editors, marked minor or later reverted), plus how many distinct people have worked on it. A quick measure of how settled or how contested a definition is.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The Wiktionary entry to count edits for.
Countcount_typetext
Which count to return. Defaults to all edits.One of: edits, editors (Distinct editors), anonymous (Edits by logged-out users), bot (Edits by bots), minor (Edits marked minor), reverted (Edits that were reverted). Default: edits.
From revisionfrom_revisionnumber
Count only from this revision onwards. Leave blank to count the whole history.At least 1.
To revisionto_revisionnumber
Count only up to this revision. Leave blank to count up to the latest.At least 1.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
count_typetext
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
limit_reachedtrue/false
True when the real number is higher than the one reported; counting stops at Wiktionary's own cap.
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "count": 2326,
  "count_type": "edits",
  "language": "en",
  "limit_reached": false,
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get entry history

List an entry's recent revisions, newest first: who changed it, when, by how many bytes and why. Returns 20 revisions at a time; pass a revision id to walk further back.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The Wiktionary entry whose history to read.
Only showrevision_filtertext
Narrow the history to one kind of edit. Leave blank for every revision.One of: reverted (Reverted edits), anonymous (Edits by logged-out users), bot (Edits by bots), minor (Edits marked minor).
Older than revisionolder_than_revisionnumber
Return the revisions before this one; pass the id of the oldest revision the previous run returned to page backwards.At least 1.
Newer than revisionnewer_than_revisionnumber
Return only the revisions after this one; pass the id the last run reported to see what has changed since. Cannot be combined with 'Older than revision'.At least 1.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
latest_page_urltext
newer_page_urltext
older_page_urltext
API link to the previous page of history.
revisionslist
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "language": "en",
  "latest_page_url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/rest.php/v1/page/cat/history",
  "newer_page_url": "",
  "older_page_url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/rest.php/v1/page/cat/history?older_than=92013814",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "comment": "/* Middle English */",
      "id": 92013814,
      "is_minor": false,
      "size": 40563,
      "size_change": 419,
      "timestamp": "2026-08-15T08:33:02Z",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?oldid=92013814",
      "user_id": 3219301,
      "user_name": "Hazarasp"
    }
  ],
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get entry in other languages

List the other Wiktionary editions that also document this spelling, with a link to each. Every edition explains the same word in a different language, so this is how a workflow offers the entry for 'cat' in French, Japanese or Polish.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The Wiktionary entry to look up elsewhere.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
editionslist
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "count": 2,
  "editions": [
    {
      "key": "cat",
      "language": "fr",
      "language_name": "fran\u00e7ais",
      "title": "cat",
      "url": "https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
    },
    {
      "key": "cat",
      "language": "de",
      "language_name": "Deutsch",
      "title": "cat",
      "url": "https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get entry media

List an entry's media: above all its pronunciation recordings, of which a well-covered word has several, one per accent. Pass a file's title to Get media file to turn it into a playable URL.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The Wiktionary entry whose media to list.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

audio_countnumber
countnumber
How many items this result carries.
image_countnumber
itemslist
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
revisiontext
The revision this media list describes.
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "audio_count": 1,
  "count": 2,
  "image_count": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "audio_type": "generic",
      "caption": "",
      "file_page_url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:En-us-cat.ogg",
      "is_lead_image": false,
      "preview_url": "",
      "section_id": 6,
      "title": "File:En-us-cat.ogg",
      "type": "audio"
    },
    {
      "audio_type": "",
      "caption": "A domestic cat (Felis catus)",
      "file_page_url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Cat03.jpg",
      "is_lead_image": true,
      "preview_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Cat03.jpg/500px-Cat03.jpg",
      "section_id": 8,
      "title": "File:Cat03.jpg",
      "type": "image"
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "revision": "92013814",
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get entry source

Get an entry's wiki source together with its page details. The source is where the data the rendered page only hints at lives (translations, inflection tables, etymology templates), so use this when a workflow needs to parse the entry itself.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The exact title of the Wiktionary entry to read.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

content_modeltext
keytext
The title in its URL form.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
latest_revision_idnumber
latest_revision_timestamptext
license_titletext
license_urltext
page_idnumber
sourcetext
The entry's wikitext.
titletext
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "content_model": "wikitext",
  "key": "cat",
  "language": "en",
  "latest_revision_id": 92013814,
  "latest_revision_timestamp": "2026-08-15T08:33:02Z",
  "license_title": "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en",
  "page_id": 36,
  "source": "==English==\n\n===Noun===\n\n# A domesticated feline.",
  "title": "cat",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
}

Get linked entries

List the entries an entry links to. On Wiktionary an entry links to the words in its definitions, its synonyms, and its derived and related terms, so this walks outward from one word into the vocabulary around it.

Inputs

EntrytitletextRequired
The Wiktionary entry whose outgoing links to list.
Namespacesnamespaceslist
Only links into these parts of the wiki. Leave every option unchecked to include them all.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
How many links to return (1–500). Defaults to 100.From 1 to 500. Default: 100.
Continue fromcontinue_fromtext
Pass the 'next_page_token' a previous run returned to pick up where it stopped. Leave blank for the first page.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
linkslist
next_page_tokentext
Token to pass back as 'continue_from' for the next page; empty when there is nothing more.
page_idnumber
titletext
Example output
{
  "count": 2,
  "language": "en",
  "links": [
    {
      "namespace": 0,
      "title": "feline",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feline"
    },
    {
      "namespace": 0,
      "title": "kitten",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kitten"
    }
  ],
  "next_page_token": "36|0|Abyssinian_cat",
  "page_id": 36,
  "title": "cat"
}

Get media file

Get the direct URL, size and licensing for one Wiktionary media file: the playable link for a pronunciation recording, or the full-size image behind a thumbnail, together with the attribution its licence asks for.

Inputs

FilefiletextRequired
The file's title, as Get entry media reports it, including an edition's own word for the file namespace (Fichier:, Datei:). The 'File:' prefix is optional.
Thumbnail widththumbnail_widthnumber
Also return a thumbnail this many pixels wide. Leave blank for the original file only.From 1 to 4096.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

authortext
credittext
The source the licence asks you to credit.
descriptiontext
What the file shows, from its Commons page.
description_urltext
The file's description page.
duration_secondsnumber
How long a recording runs; 0 for a still image.
heightnumber
hosted_ontext
'commons' when the file lives on Wikimedia Commons, as most Wiktionary media does; 'local' when the edition hosts it itself.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
licensetext
The licence the file is published under.
license_urltext
media_typetext
'AUDIO', 'BITMAP', 'DRAWING', 'VIDEO', …
mime_typetext
size_bytesnumber
thumbnail_urltext
titletext
uploaded_attext
uploaded_bytext
urltext
Direct link to the file itself.
widthnumber
Example output
{
  "author": "Dvortygirl",
  "credit": "Own work",
  "description": "Pronunciation of the word 'cat' in US English",
  "description_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En-us-cat.ogg",
  "duration_seconds": 0.52,
  "height": 0,
  "hosted_on": "commons",
  "language": "en",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "license_url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/",
  "media_type": "AUDIO",
  "mime_type": "application/ogg",
  "size_bytes": 9550,
  "thumbnail_url": "",
  "title": "File:En-us-cat.ogg",
  "uploaded_at": "2005-06-15T06:12:41Z",
  "uploaded_by": "Dvortygirl",
  "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-us-cat.ogg",
  "width": 0
}

Get random entries

Pick entries at random: a word of the day, a vocabulary quiz, a writing prompt. Pair it with Get definitions to send the word and its meaning somewhere.

Inputs

How manycountnumber
How many entries to pick (1–20). Defaults to 1.From 1 to 20. Default: 1.
Namespacenamespacetext
Which part of the wiki to pick from. Defaults to the dictionary entries themselves (namespace 0).
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
entrieslist
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
namespacetext
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "entries": [
    {
      "namespace": 0,
      "page_id": 465438,
      "title": "antithetic",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/antithetic"
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "namespace": "0"
}

Get recent changes

List a Wiktionary edition's recent changes (the feed behind a 'watch the dictionary' workflow). Leave the dates blank for the newest changes; set 'Changed after' to the moment the last run finished to see only what has happened since.

Inputs

Namespacenamespacetext
Only changes in this part of the wiki. Defaults to every namespace.
Change typeschange_typeslist
Which kinds of change to include. Leave every option unchecked to get them all.One or more of: edit (Edits to existing pages), new (Newly created pages), log (Log entries (deletions, moves, blocks)), categorize (Category additions and removals).
Filtersshowlist
Extra filters to apply. Don't pick both halves of a pair (for example 'Only bot edits' and 'Exclude bot edits'), which would match nothing.One or more of: minor (Only minor edits), !minor (Exclude minor edits), bot (Only bot edits), !bot (Exclude bot edits), anon (Only logged-out editors), !anon (Exclude logged-out editors), redirect (Only redirects), !redirect (Exclude redirects).
Changed afterchanged_afterdate and time
Only changes saved after this moment, oldest first. Leave blank for the newest changes.
Changed beforechanged_beforedate and time
Only changes saved before this moment.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
How many changes to return (1–500). Defaults to 50.From 1 to 500. Default: 50.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

changeslist
countnumber
How many items this result carries.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
namespacetext
next_page_tokentext
Token to pass back as 'continue_from' for the next page; empty when there is nothing more.
ordertext
'newest first' or 'oldest first'.
Example output
{
  "changes": [
    {
      "comment": "/* Descendants */",
      "id": 153346142,
      "is_anonymous": false,
      "is_bot": false,
      "is_minor": false,
      "is_new": false,
      "namespace": 0,
      "page_id": 36,
      "previous_revision_id": 92013814,
      "previous_size": 337,
      "revision_id": 92080196,
      "size": 344,
      "size_change": 7,
      "timestamp": "2026-08-20T02:43:44Z",
      "title": "cat",
      "type": "edit",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat",
      "user_id": 4671788,
      "user_name": "Kepler-1229b"
    }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "language": "en",
  "namespace": "0",
  "next_page_token": "20260820024329|153346140",
  "order": "newest first"
}

List entries

Walk a Wiktionary edition's titles in alphabetical order: every entry starting with 'cat', the stretch from 'aa' to 'az', or simply the first few thousand. This enumerates the dictionary rather than searching it, and pages through long walks with a token.

Inputs

Starting withprefixtext
Only entries whose title starts with this text. Leave blank to walk everything.
Start atstart_fromtext
Begin the walk at this title (inclusive). Leave blank to start at the beginning of the alphabet.
Stop atend_attext
Stop the walk at this title (inclusive). Leave blank to run to the end.
Namespacenamespacetext
Which part of the wiki to list. Defaults to the dictionary entries themselves (namespace 0).
Includeincludetext
Whether to include redirects (the alternative spellings that point at a real entry). Defaults to both.One of: all (Entries and redirects), nonredirects (Entries only), redirects (Redirects only). Default: all.
Orderdirectiontext
Which way to walk the alphabet. Defaults to A → Z.One of: ascending (A → Z), descending (Z → A). Default: ascending.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
How many entries to return (1–500). Defaults to 50.From 1 to 500. Default: 50.
Continue fromcontinue_fromtext
Pass the 'next_page_token' a previous run returned to pick up where it stopped. Leave blank for the first page.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
directiontext
entrieslist
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
namespacetext
next_page_tokentext
Token to pass back as 'continue_from' for the next page; empty when there is nothing more.
Example output
{
  "count": 2,
  "direction": "ascending",
  "entries": [
    {
      "namespace": 0,
      "page_id": 36,
      "title": "cat",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
    },
    {
      "namespace": 0,
      "page_id": 1302160,
      "title": "cat's-eye",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat's-eye"
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "namespace": "0",
  "next_page_token": "cat's-foot"
}

List entries in a category

List everything filed under one Wiktionary category: every English palindrome, every term borrowed from Japanese, every word that has been Word of the Day. Give the category with or without its 'Category:' prefix.

Inputs

CategorycategorytextRequired
The category to list, e.g. 'English palindromes'. The 'Category:' prefix is optional, and an edition's own word for it (Catégorie:, Kategorie:) is understood too.
Includemember_typeslist
What kinds of member to return. Leave every option unchecked to get them all.One or more of: page (Entries and other pages), subcat (Sub-categories), file (Files).
Order bysorttext
Alphabetically, or by when each member joined the category (newest additions first). Defaults to alphabetical.One of: sortkey (Alphabetical), timestamp (When it was added). Default: sortkey.
Orderdirectiontext
Which way to read the order. Defaults to A → Z.One of: ascending (A → Z), descending (Z → A). Default: ascending.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
How many members to return (1–500). Defaults to 50.From 1 to 500. Default: 50.
Continue fromcontinue_fromtext
Pass the 'next_page_token' a previous run returned to pick up where it stopped. Leave blank for the first page.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

categorytext
countnumber
How many items this result carries.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
memberslist
next_page_tokentext
Token to pass back as 'continue_from' for the next page; empty when there is nothing more.
urltext
Link to the page on Wiktionary.
Example output
{
  "category": "Category:English palindromes",
  "count": 2,
  "language": "en",
  "members": [
    {
      "added_at": "2024-02-11T09:31:44Z",
      "namespace": 0,
      "page_id": 45820,
      "title": "kayak",
      "type": "page",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kayak"
    },
    {
      "added_at": "2023-11-04T18:02:10Z",
      "namespace": 0,
      "page_id": 48211,
      "title": "level",
      "type": "page",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/level"
    }
  ],
  "next_page_token": "",
  "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_palindromes"
}

List namespaces

List a Wiktionary edition's namespaces and the number that identifies each one. Dictionary entries live in namespace 0; an edition's other content spaces (Appendix, Thesaurus, Rhymes, Reconstruction) have their own numbers, and those numbers differ between editions.

Inputs

Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
namespaceslist
Example output
{
  "count": 3,
  "language": "en",
  "namespaces": [
    {
      "canonical_name": "",
      "id": 0,
      "is_content": true,
      "name": ""
    },
    {
      "canonical_name": "Appendix",
      "id": 100,
      "is_content": true,
      "name": "Appendix"
    },
    {
      "canonical_name": "Thesaurus",
      "id": 110,
      "is_content": true,
      "name": "Thesaurus"
    }
  ]
}

List Wiktionary editions

List every Wiktionary edition and the language code each one uses. Those codes are exactly what the 'Wiktionary edition' input on every other action takes.

Inputs

Include closed editionsinclude_closedtrue/false
Also list the editions Wikimedia has closed to new edits. Defaults to off.Default: false.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
editionslist
Example output
{
  "count": 2,
  "editions": [
    {
      "is_closed": false,
      "iso_code": "en",
      "language": "en",
      "language_name": "English",
      "native_name": "English",
      "site_name": "Wiktionary",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org"
    },
    {
      "is_closed": false,
      "iso_code": "fr",
      "language": "fr",
      "language_name": "French",
      "native_name": "fran\u00e7ais",
      "site_name": "Wiktionnaire",
      "url": "https://fr.wiktionary.org"
    }
  ]
}

Search entries

Search a Wiktionary edition for entries matching some text, and get each match with a highlighted excerpt showing where it matched. Use this when you know roughly what a word means but not what it is.

Inputs

SearchquerytextRequired
What to search Wiktionary for.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
How many matches to return (1–100). Defaults to 10.From 1 to 100. Default: 10.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
querytext
resultslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "language": "en",
  "query": "cat",
  "results": [
    {
      "description": "",
      "excerpt": "A domesticated feline.",
      "excerpt_html": "A domesticated <span class=\"searchmatch\">feline</span>.",
      "key": "cat",
      "page_id": 36,
      "thumbnail_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Cat03.jpg/60px-Cat03.jpg",
      "title": "cat",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat"
    }
  ]
}

Search entries (advanced)

Search a Wiktionary edition with the full-text engine's own controls: search a namespace other than the dictionary itself (Appendix, Thesaurus, Rhymes), choose the ordering, page beyond the first screen, and see how many entries matched in total.

Inputs

SearchquerytextRequired
What to search for. Wiktionary's search syntax works here too, e.g. 'incategory:"English palindromes"'.
Namespacenamespacetext
Which part of the wiki to search. Defaults to searching every namespace.
Order bysorttext
How to order the matches. Defaults to best match.One of: relevance (Best match), last_edit_asc (Least recently edited first), last_edit_desc (Most recently edited first), create_timestamp_asc (Oldest entries first), create_timestamp_desc (Newest entries first), incoming_links_asc (Fewest incoming links first), incoming_links_desc (Most incoming links first), random (Random order). Default: relevance.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
How many matches to return (1–500). Defaults to 20.From 1 to 500. Default: 20.
Skipoffsetnumber
How many matches to skip before returning results. Pass the 'next_offset' from a previous run to get the next page. Defaults to 0.From 0 to 10000. Default: 0.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
namespacetext
next_offsetnumber
Offset for the next page, or empty at the end of the results.
offsetnumber
querytext
resultslist
sorttext
total_hitsnumber
How many entries matched in total.
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "language": "en",
  "namespace": "0",
  "next_offset": 20,
  "offset": 0,
  "query": "borrowed from Japanese",
  "results": [
    {
      "last_edited": "2026-06-02T11:04:19Z",
      "namespace": 0,
      "page_id": 51334,
      "size": 6120,
      "snippet": "Borrowed from Japanese \u6d25\u6ce2.",
      "snippet_html": "<span class=\"searchmatch\">Borrowed from Japanese</span> \u6d25\u6ce2.",
      "title": "tsunami",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tsunami",
      "word_count": 431
    }
  ],
  "sort": "relevance",
  "total_hits": 8421
}

Suggest entries

Complete a partly-typed word against Wiktionary's entry titles. This is the autocomplete behind Wiktionary's own search box: it matches titles rather than entry text, so it answers instantly and is the right way to check a spelling or offer 'did you mean' options.

Inputs

Beginning of the wordquerytextRequired
The start of a word to complete.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
How many suggestions to return (1–100). Defaults to 10.From 1 to 100. Default: 10.
Wiktionary editionlanguagetext
Which Wiktionary to read. Each edition explains the world's words in its own language, so the English Wiktionary defines French words in English and the French Wiktionary defines English words in French. Defaults to English.Default: en.

Outputs

countnumber
How many items this result carries.
languagetext
The Wiktionary edition this result came from.
querytext
suggestionslist
Example output
{
  "count": 2,
  "language": "en",
  "query": "seren",
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "description": "",
      "excerpt": "serendipity",
      "excerpt_html": "serendipity",
      "key": "serendipity",
      "page_id": 40712,
      "thumbnail_url": "",
      "title": "serendipity",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/serendipity"
    },
    {
      "description": "",
      "excerpt": "serene",
      "excerpt_html": "serene",
      "key": "serene",
      "page_id": 40714,
      "thumbnail_url": "",
      "title": "serene",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/serene"
    }
  ]
}

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