How OneWord works
A little every day. A lot over time.
Learning Spanish, Italian or French doesn't have to mean long lessons or endless vocabulary lists. OneWord helps you learn new words, practice them throughout your day, and remember them long after you first meet them.
Your day.
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Morning
Meet a new word.
Guess what it means, hear it, say it out loud, and see it in a sentence. Already know it? Skip to another.
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Midday
A quick check.
One question on today's word. Answer it right from the notification, without opening the app.
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Evening
Recall it, plus a few older words.
Today's word once more, and up to five words from earlier days that are due to come back.
Notifications and Word Gate are optional: every step also works in the app. And whenever you want more, practice as much as you like.
Follow a word.
Follow one real word from the café topic, from the day you learn it to the reviews that help you remember it months later.
One example, with every answer right. Your reviews adapt to how well you remember each word.
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Meet it.
This morning's word is vorrei. Guess its meaning, hear it, say it, and see it in a sentence. It adds a line to the topic's story too.
Learning · quick check at midday
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A quick check.
At midday, a notification asks what vorrei means. Answer it right there, without opening the app.
Learning · back this evening
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Recall it.
In the evening, spell it or type it once more. Same-day practice helps it settle; remembering takes another day.
Learning · back tomorrow
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It comes back.
The next evening, it's back among your older words. Type it from the English, and it's remembered.
Remembered · back in a couple of days
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Again, before it fades.
A few days later it's due again: in the evening or, if you've turned on Word Gate, as you open an app like Instagram.
Remembered · back in a few days
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Mastered.
Right on three different days in a row, and vorrei is mastered. A miss along the way starts it over.
Mastered · back in about a week
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And it keeps coming back.
Mastered words don't retire. vorrei returns after a couple of weeks, then about once a month. Miss it, and it comes back sooner, without starting over.
Mastered · back about once a month
Over the months.
A topic a week.
Seven words make a topic, from ordering at a café to checking into a hotel. Each word adds a line to the topic's story, and finishing a topic lets you build its sentence. Topics run from beginner to intermediate, and come back as you move up.
Practice your way.
Matching, spelling, listening, speaking, and more. OneWord gives you different ways to strengthen your vocabulary, with exercises that become more challenging as you improve. Practice for a minute or stay longer. It's up to you.
See how far you've come.
Every word you learn becomes a tile that deepens in color as it goes from learning to remembered to mastered. Streaks and milestones mark the way.
Words you keep.
One word a day won't make you fluent on its own. What it builds is vocabulary that keeps coming back, so it stays with you: over a year, hundreds of words, in a habit that fits around your day. More questions? Read the FAQ.
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