Wiktionary
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Plans and prices
From Wiktionary's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Wiktionary | Free | Free-content multilingual dictionary · 181 language editions |
The facts
Each one read from Wiktionary's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional resources
- The project also includes a thesaurus, rhyme guide, phrase books, language statistics, and appendices.checked 9 Oct 2026
- API
- The MediaWiki Action API documentation says Wikimedia wikis expose an API endpoint following the pattern /w/api.php.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- The English-language Wiktionary main page lists 10,409,468 entries with English definitions from over 5,200 languages.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Editing
- Wiktionary is a wiki that users can edit, and its entries are written by volunteer editors.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Editorial scope
- Wiktionary describes how terms are used rather than prescribing or proscribing usage.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Entry content
- Entries can include definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms, and translations.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Inclusion limits
- Entries focus on words and language matters, and terms generally need evidence of sufficiently widespread use to qualify for inclusion.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The Wiktionary portal links to editions in 181 languages.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- The main page says content is dual-licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International and the GNU Free Documentation License.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Wiktionary is a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- Wiktionary’s privacy-policy page says the project is run by the Wikimedia Foundation and directs readers to the Foundation’s privacy policy.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2002checked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- The Wikimedia Foundation says it is the nonprofit responsible for hosting and protecting Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.checked 9 Oct 2026
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