Oxford Dictionaries API
The self-service toolkit for our world-renowned dictionary data.
Built to equip and empower developers with Oxford’s diverse and customizable datasets, the Oxford Dictionaries API provides reliable, up-to-date monolingual and bilingual data in an accessible, scalable environment.
Our Oxford Dictionaries API is flexibly assembled to facilitate endless building possibilities and is already embedded in apps and platforms of all kinds – from learning and reading support tools, to quizzes and games, to dictionary lookups and bots.
35 Supported Languages
Develop for a range of communities with large quantities of quality data from widely used and digitally under-represented languages; a unique and growing feature of the OD API. Including Hindi, Latvian, Portuguese, Swahili, and many more.
6 Programming Languages
Access and code with our API in Java, Node, Objective-C, Python, Swift, and .Net/C# across all 35 of our languages datasets.
Search Filters
Save time and effort when accessing the OD API with our shortcut implementations; you can filter search data so you only have to handle the necessary entry results.
Sentence Dictionary
Bring real-life usage information to your users with editorially curated and externally sourced example sentences, encouraging greater engagement and understanding of words in context.
Words Endpoint
Retrieve definitions, pronunciations, word origins, and grammatical data across headwords and inflected words with just one call to the API.
Inflections Endpoint
Retrieve a list of all valid inflections from a single dictionary headword call to the OD API.
Definitions, Translations,
Thesauri, Audio Pronunciations,
Word Origins
Go beyond dictionary lookup and captivate your users with a broader understanding of the languages available in our range of endpoints. All branded with the authoritative Oxford name.
Start your free trial
Try the Oxford Dictionaries API in our free Sandbox, giving you 500 calls to explore real dictionary data and see how our definitions, translations, and more can power your product.
Watch our API demo
Unlock the full potential of the Oxford Dictionaries API with our comprehensive demo. Learn more about our datasets and endpoints, designed for seamless integration and scalability.