23 tools

English language

Online tools for learning English: a vowel trainer and shadowing studio for pronunciation, gap-fill and CEFR level practice, plus reference drills for irregular verbs, phrasal verbs, collocations and false friends.

Text to IPA

Turn English text into IPA phonetic transcription: context-aware readings, weak forms, stress and syllables, British and American.

Syllable Counter

Count the syllables in any English word or text. Dictionary-accurate, with a poetry mode for haiku. Free, in your browser.

Sentence stress

Shows the main stress of each phrase, its thought groups and weak forms. Move the stress to any word, or record yourself and compare the rhythm.

Word Stress

Find which syllable to stress in any English word. Shows the stressed syllable, IPA and noun/verb pairs like REcord vs reCORD. Free, in your browser.

Minimal Pairs

Train your ear on tricky English sounds — ship vs sheep, light vs right. A minimal pairs listening drill, in your browser.

Subtitle vocabulary

Drop in an .srt and see how much of the dialogue you would follow, and which words to learn before you press play.

Vocabulary Size Test

Estimate how many English words you know. A quick, science-based vocabulary size test with a CEFR estimate. Free, no sign-up.

Anki Deck Builder

Paste a word list and build a real Anki .apkg deck — with IPA, audio and a built-in study mode. Free, in your browser.

Word of the Day

A new English word each day with translation, meaning, examples and audio. Save and review words with spaced repetition. Free, in your browser.

My English Word List

Type a word — level, transcription and pronunciation fill themselves in. The card returns the day you start forgetting it, scheduled by FSRS.

English Dictation Practice

Listen to graded English sentences and type what you hear. Word-by-word error highlighting, A1–C2 levels, adjustable speed. Free, in the browser.

English Spelling Test

Hear an English word and spell it. Four difficulty tiers, example sentences, letter-by-letter error marking and a streak counter. Free.

English Vowel Trainer

Hold the vowel like a long, steady note — don't say the consonants around it. Record somewhere quiet for the clearest reading.

Shadowing Studio

Loop and slow down any audio or video, record yourself shadowing it, and compare your waveform and pitch side by side. Free, in the browser.

English Level Test

Adaptive English level test: vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening. Get your CEFR level with IELTS and TOEFL equivalents. Online, no signup.

English Level Converter

Convert any English score between CEFR, IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge and Duolingo, and calculate your IELTS overall band. Free, in the browser.

Gap-Fill Generator

Turn any text into a fill-in-the-blanks exercise. Choose how words are removed, do it on screen or print a worksheet with an answer key. Free.

English Irregular Verbs

A searchable table of 130+ English irregular verbs grouped by pattern, plus a typing trainer for past simple and past participle. Free.

English Phrasal Verbs

A searchable list of 190+ English phrasal verbs with meanings and examples, filterable by particle and CEFR level, plus a fill-in trainer. Free.

English Collocations

Look up an English word and see its natural collocations — the verbs and adjectives that go with it — grouped by pattern with examples. Free.

English False Friends

Browse and quiz English false friends — words that look like a word in your language but mean something else. RU, DE, ES, FR, PT. Free.

IELTS Speaking Timer

Practice IELTS Speaking with a Part 2 cue-card timer (1 min prep, 2 min talk), random cue cards and Part 1 & 3 question banks. Free.

English Grammar Course

Learn English grammar by CEFR level A1–C2. Free course with clear lessons, exercises and progress tracking, in your browser.