We are proud to present the Chrome extension that has changed the way we learn new words.

This Chrome extension will help you to easily find the meaning of the word on a web page by double clicking on it.

With this extension, no more need to open a dictionary website to find out the meaning of a word, just double click on it and all meanings with usage examples are displayed in a small popup.

You can also add new words and their meanings in your dictionary for later reference or you can use this dictionary as your main dictionary and use it as a learning tool. This way you can learn new words each day by choosing words from your favorite website.

Chrome Extension For Dictionary

While browsing the internet, we stumble upon difficult words that can leave us puzzled. Typically, you would type the word in Google and search for its meaning. That’s one of the ways to find the meaning of a word. However, there are better and productive ways. What if you could double-click on the word and its meaning would show up? That’s possible with dictionary extensions for the Chrome browser.

With Chrome’s dictionary extensions, you don’t need to leave the current web page. Selecting the text or right-clicking it would show up the meaning. Isn’t that great?

Let’s check the best English dictionary extensions for Chrome.

Note: Refresh the existing open tabs after you install the extensions so that they work properly. The dictionary extensions will not work on Chrome extension pages.

1. GOOGLE DICTIONARY

Google offers one of the oldest and the most reliable dictionary extension called as Google Dictionary and it supports many languages. You can consider this post as alternatives to Google Dictionary extensions. By default, the meaning of a word would appear in a pop-up when you double-click on it.

You can change that behavior and assign a trigger key that needs to be pressed along with the mouse double-click. You can also store the words that you have looked up by enabling the same in the extension settings.

Tip: To open extension settings, right-click on the extension icon in the toolbar and go to Options.

If you want a detailed meaning of the word along with its synonyms, select the word and click on the extension icon. Alternatively, type the word manually in the box that opens when you click on the extension icon.

2. INSTANT DICTIONARY BY GOODWORDGUIDE

The extension Instant Dictionary (Dictionary Bubble) works a bit like Google Dictionary. Double-click on the word and its definition would pop out along with the synonyms. You can also listen to the pronunciation of the word from the pop-up itself.

For extended meaning, select the word, press the D key on your keyboard, and click on the extension icon.

Besides changing the trigger keys for the pop-up, you can modify its font size and enable word history in the extension settings.

3. DICTIONARY LOOKUP

If the idea of a pop-up showing up by mere double-clicking the word bothers you, Dictionary Lookup offers an alternative way. You need to press a button on your keyboard — Alt on Windows, Command on Mac, and Ctrl on Linux, along with double-clicking the word or selecting it to view its definition in a pop-up.

The keyboard button can be changed in the extension settings. Interestingly, you can disable this behavior and go with double-click as well by selecting None in Mouse lookup modifier. You can also enable or disable the content that should up in the pop-up window. For instance, antonyms and related words are disabled by default. You can enable those. Similarly, you can adjust the sizing of the pop-up.

4. MY DICTIONARY

My Dictionary extension works a bit differently. While this extension also doesn’t make you leave your webpage, it opens up a new window inside the same tab. Even though it’s time-consuming in a way, the advantage is that you can easily switch between multiple dictionaries.

To find the definition of a word, double-click on it. Then hit the Choose Dictionary option and select your preferred dictionary from the menu. You can change this dictionary on the next screen. I wish we could set a dictionary as default so that we didn’t have to select it every time.

You can even add a custom dictionary and reorder the available dictionaries in the extension settings.

5. POWER THESAURUS

When you install the Power Thesaurus extension, don’t get dismayed by the unavailability of definitions, for the definitions are disabled in the extension settings by default. To enable them, go to the extension options and check the box next to Definition under Show.

Now whenever you double-click on a word, the Power Thesaurus icon will show up. Clicking on it will show you synonymous, antonyms, and the definition in a pop-up. Click on View All to see all the available options.

If you want to view the pop-up directly without hitting the icon, go to extension options and select Preview under Pop-up. You can also change the number of synonymous and antonyms that should show up, use dark mode, and change right-click menu settings in the extension settings.

6. SYNONYMS.COM

As the name suggests, the extension is actually a synonymous word generator tool. However, it does a great job of providing definitions, sentence examples, and synonyms. To use the extension, select the word and click on the extension icon in the toolbar. You can enter the word manually in the provided search box as well.

7. THEFREEDICTIONARY.COM

With this extension, when you double-click on a word, it will open the freedictionary.com website in a new tab and show the detailed meaning of the selected word.

If the opening of a website from double-clicking bothers you, the behavior can be limited to right-click only in the extension settings. You can also take a look at Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary extension which also opens up a new window to show the definitions.

WE HAVE MORE

Apart from the extensions mentioned above, try grammar checker extensions such as Grammarly, Microsoft Editor, and Ginger. They also offer the capability to view definitions along with other useful features. If none of the extensions suit your requirements, right-click the selected word and choose Search with Google in Chrome.

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best chrome spell check extension

Proper spelling is not just a courtesy, it’s also a sign of intelligence and good education. And with Google Chrome, spell checking is a breeze.

These days, you don’t actually need to know how to spell to make a good impression. If you’re smart, you’ll just use one of the many free spell check tools, some of which can also correct your grammar. And by paying a little attention to the corrections these tools make, you can also improve your native spelling skills on the go.

How to Set Up Spell Checking in Google Chrome
Chrome comes with a native spell checker, which should be enabled by default. The dictionary is typically set to the language of your operating system, but you can add and switch between multiple languages. This spell checker also offers an advanced version that uses the Google search spell checking technology. This, however, involves routing your text through Google’s servers. So let’s see all the options in detail.

How to Enable Spell Check in Google Chrome
To enable or disable the spell checker in Google Chrome, follow these steps:

Click the menu button in the top right of the browser toolbar and select Settings.
Scroll to the bottom click Advanced to expand additional settings.
Scroll down to Languages and click Spell check to expand the respective menu.
Here you can turn on or off Chrome’s spell check by clicking the slider next to the respective language. A blue slider indicates that the spell checker is enabled.
Google Chrome spell check options.
Note 1: You can add and edit custom spellings by selecting the respective option at the bottom of the list. Basically, you can add words to Google’s default dictionary, which is handy for names or technical terms that Chrome’s spell check doesn’t recognize.

Manage Google Chrome’s spell check.
Note 2: You can also enable an enhanced spell checker, which will recognize other errors, like a missing space or hyphen. In Settings > Advanced, go to Privacy and security, click Sync and Google services, and, at the bottom of the list, enable Enhanced spell check.

Enable Google Chrome enhanced spell check.
How to Add Additional Languages to Google Chrome’s Spell Checker
The language you want to spell check isn’t showing up in Chrome? Chrome only picks up your system’s default language for its spell checker.

Here’s how to add another language:

Expand the Language menu and click Add languages.
Check the language you wish to add and click Add.
Add languages to Google Chrome.
Once you’ve added a language to Chrome, go back to the spell check menu and enable the spell checker.

How to Use Google Chrome’s Spell Checker
Now that you have added languages and enabled the spell checker, the question is, how does Chrome know when to spell check and which language to use?

By default, Chrome spell checks words in all text fields, including Gmail and most third-party websites. When you misspelled a word, you should see a red squiggly line underneath that word. If you enabled the enhanced spell check, you might also see a grey squiggly line, which indicates a different error, such as a missing space.

Find the Right Spelling With Google Chrome
When you see a word that’s marked as misspelled, right-click it to review Google’s suggestion, which shows up at the top of the context menu.

Spell check with Google Chrome.
Note: Be sure to enable Ask Google for suggestions, as this will give you access to advanced results. For difficult to interpret typos or words, Google will use its prediction engine to come up with better suggestions.

Add Words to Your Custom Dictionary
If Chrome is wrong about a spelling, you don’t have to go to the Settings menu to add a new word. Simply right-click the word and select Add to dictionary. Now the spell checker won’t highlight that word again.

Note: Your custom dictionary is the same, regardless of which language you select.

Manage Chrome’s Spell Checker On-the-Fly
You can turn Chrome’s spell check feature on or off anytime. At the same time, you can also change the language Chrome is using.

Right-click into a text field and choose Spellcheck from the menu.
In the options menu, make sure Check the spelling of text fields is selected.
Now choose the appropriate language or simply All your languages.
Google Chrome spell check menu.
Note: Chrome might not automatically spell check long texts. With the spell checker enabled, it will, however, spell check everything you type. To process a long text, for example when opening a post in WordPress, you might have to click each paragraph to initiate Chrome’s spell check for that paragraph.

Chrome Spell Check Isn’t Working
When Chrome’s spell check isn’t working, you can try the following steps:

Click the three-dotted menu, head to Settings, search for spell check, then disable and re-enable all settings related to spell checking.
Disable third-party spell checkers in the Chrome extensions menu: chrome://extensions/
Check whether Chrome is up-to-date and restart it.
Alternative Spell Checkers for Chrome
Even with all features enabled, Google’s spell checker remains somewhat basic because it doesn’t check grammar or style. Meanwhile, the Chrome Web Store is boasting with alternative spell checkers. So if you need an advanced tool, try one of these great grammar checkers.

1. Grammarly for Chrome

Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that includes a contextual spell and grammar checker. Like Chrome’s default spell checker, it works in all text fields. Over 10 million users and a near perfect user rating make it the de facto gold standard for spell and grammar checking in your browser.

The free version catches critical grammar and spelling errors. With the premium plan you gain access to advanced features, like suggestions to enhance the vocabulary, genre-specific writing style checks, and a plagiarism detector.

Grammarly is great if English is the only language you need to proofread. Unfortunately, it does not support other languages.

Download: Grammarly (Free with optional paid plans)

2. Grammar and Spell Checker by LanguageTool
   Grammar and Spell Checker by LangaugeTool
   If you want to proofread content in more than one language, try this grammar and spell checker for Chrome. With almost 250 thousand users and a 4.5/5 rating, it’s one of the most-used and best-rated spell checkers for Chrome.

The free plan supports 20,000 characters per check in over 25 languages. Signing up for a Premium or Enterprise plan will add additional features and API access. You don’t need an account to use it, your IP address will not be logged, and all data transfers needed to provide the service happen over an encrypted connection.

Download: Grammar and Spell Checker (Free with optional paid plans)

How Do you Spell Check and Proofread in Chrome?
The best spell and grammar checker will always be a human, aided by technology. Technology isn’t always smart enough to understand context and may offer strange fixes. By asking Google for suggestions, however, you will get close to perfect corrections.

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