5001 Words

5001 Words — Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards

Every language is a window into a different way of seeing the world. 5001 Words gives you 5,001 carefully chosen vocabulary cards in 80+ languages — from the most-spoken tongues on earth to languages that rarely appear in any app, carried by communities whose stories deserve to be heard.

LANGUAGES INCLUDED (a sample — 200+ decks across 80+ languages in total):
• Spanish – English
• Yiddish – English
• Arabic – English
• Hindi – English
• Hebrew – English (with niqqud vowel marks)
• Ukrainian – English
• Japanese – English
• Korean – English
• Chinese – English (Taiwan / Traditional)
• Vietnamese – English
• Turkish – English
• Persian – English
• French – English
• German – English
• Italian – English
• Portuguese – English
• Dutch – English
• Polish – English
• Swahili – English
• Bengali – English
• …plus 60+ more, including many that rarely appear in any app, and specialised vocabulary for trades, healthcare, travel, cuisine, and business

KEY FEATURES:
• 5,001 cards per language deck — carefully curated vocabulary
• Native-speaker quality audio — Microsoft Neural TTS voices, copyright-free
• Browse by language or curated collection — pick the language you already know once, then explore by region or theme
• Bidirectional learning — study in both directions with one tap, audio on both sides
• Auto-play — cards read aloud automatically as you swipe
• Focus Mode — drill a custom set of 5–100 unlearned words until mastered
• Word Search — instantly find any word across all your installed decks, no flipping through cards to track one down
• Mark as Learned — hides words you know, tracks your progress
• Landscape study mode — full-screen card view for distraction-free sessions
• Light, Dark, and System appearance
• Downloadable packs — language packs download on demand (~55–280 MB each); the word list itself is ready to study within seconds
• Report mistakes — flag any card with one tap to send a correction
• Full Apple Watch support — same features on your wrist
• Home screen & lock screen widgets — rotating vocabulary word every 15 minutes
• VoiceOver support — flip, next/previous, and play-audio all work as accessible custom actions
• App interface itself available in 77 languages, not just the vocabulary content
• Privacy-first — no account required, no third-party ad network, no tracking SDKs; everything stays on your device

HOW IT WORKS:
1. Pick the language you already know (once, from onboarding)
2. Browse decks by language or curated collection, and download one
3. Swipe cards left and right to navigate
4. Tap to flip and reveal the translation
5. Double-tap to hear the word pronounced
6. Mark words as learned to track your progress

PERFECT FOR:
• Heritage speakers reconnecting with an ancestral language
• Language enthusiasts exploring the world's linguistic richness
• Travelers who want to speak, not just point
• Students preparing for exams
• Tradespeople and professionals learning job-specific vocabulary
• Anyone who believes knowing a word is knowing a piece of someone's world

No subscription. No account required. Just vocabulary. (5001 Words shows occasional small self-hosted promotional banners — never a third-party ad network, no tracking.)