Vocabulary.com

Name: Vocabulary.com
Price: 12.99 USD

Web · Android · iPhone· paid plans from $5/mo

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Two barsScore 5.6

Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
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Vocabulary.com is ranked #26 of 39 in online dictionaries on Freedom251. It runs on Android, iOS, Web. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $5/mo.

Vocabulary.com plans and pricing

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Learner subscription — 1 month $12.99/mo Billed monthly Automatically renews · Cancel online anytime vocabulary.com · 9 Oct 2026

Learner subscription — 6 months $39.99/mo Billed every 6 months at $39.99 $6.67 / month · Automatically renews · Cancel online anytime vocabulary.com · 9 Oct 2026

Learner subscription — 12 months $59.99/yr Billed annually at $59.99 $4.99 / month · Automatically renews · Cancel online anytime vocabulary.com · 9 Oct 2026

Classroom license 1 year license Minimum 25 students · More than 100 students or more than 1 teacher: request site license quote vocabulary.com · 9 Oct 2026

School or district site license Request a quote School or district pricing · Contact sales vocabulary.com · 9 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $4.99/mo
Audio pronunciation: Yes
Usage examples: Yes
Offline access: No
Mobile apps: ios_android

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The record

Purpose: Vocabulary.com teaches English vocabulary to learners and helps educators teach words with adaptive learning activities.
Dictionary: The site offers a dictionary for looking up words, with explanations and learning activities.
Adaptive learning: VocabTrainer uses an adaptive learning engine to choose questions and personalize students’ learning paths.
Teaching tools: Teachers can assign activities from word lists, monitor student progress, and use dashboards to identify words students are struggling with.
Educator resources: The site says it provides more than 18,000 learnable words, over 260,000 questions, and 17,000 curated vocabulary lists.
Classroom activities: Teacher subscriptions include adaptive assignments, quizzes, flashcards, and interactive Vocabulary Jam sessions.
Integrations: School and district plans support single sign-on options including Google Apps for Education, Clever Instant Login, ClassLink, and Microsoft ADFS.
Security: The privacy policy says data is stored on US servers, access is limited to employees with a business need, and data transmissions are encrypted using SSL or similar technologies.
Student privacy: The privacy policy describes FERPA, PPRA, and COPPA responsibilities for school-provided information and says children under 13 have a limited feature set.
Support: School and district customers can get personalized online training and may purchase in-person professional development; all users have access to free fall webinars.
Free account limit: A basic account can answer 10 VocabTrainer questions per day; basic teacher accounts cannot create classes, assign work, or view student data.
Trial: The teacher signup guide says educators can start a 10-day free trial of the subscription.
Audience: The product serves individual learners, educators, schools, and districts; the company says it is used by 5 million students in 50,000 schools.
Company: Vocabulary.com says it was founded in 2008 and joined IXL Learning in 2020.
Price from: $5/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Online Dictionaries in 2026#26 of 39

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