Dictionary API

Want to make the content & features of collinsdictionary.com available within your website or app? We're currently trialling our new Collins Dictionary API with selected partners.

Benefits

The Collins Dictionary API provides a low-cost alternative to developing language reference functionality within your own website, mobile app or web application. Deeply integrate language reference content & features in your website. Innovate and meet the needs of your users. Benefit from global hosting and scalability as your audience grows.

Technology

Our Dictionary API comes in industry-standard HTML and JSON flavours, and can be easily integrated regardless of your chosen development technology.

Content

English

Comprehensive definitions, synonyms, audio pronunciation & IPA, alternative forms, usage notes, etymologies, word commonness, word trends, spelling suggestions and quotations.

Foreign languages (bilinguals)

Comprehensive English translations in both directions, audio pronunciation & IPA, word commonness, word trends, extensive example sentences, idioms, language, verb conjugation, cultural & usage notes

Word games

A series of word game solutions including word validity checkers and solvers to find optimal solutions for Scrabble and crosswords.

New words

The latest definitions and new words features streamed live to your website or App.

Next Steps

To find out more about accessing the Collins Dictionary API, please email us at enquiries@collinsdictionary.com

Collins also has an active licensing programme providing rich data sets for licensing to third party businesses and a full range of Collins content can be viewed at http://www.collinslanguage.com/content-solutions/digital-licensing