Dictionary of Numbers

Putting numbers in human terms.

Dictionary of Numbers - Your Personal Number Translator

The 'Dictionary of Numbers' Chrome extension is a user-friendly tool that transforms abstract numerical figures encountered on web pages into comprehensible, relatable concepts. Not only does it provide contextual meaning to large numbers, but users can also manually search numbers not found on web pages for interpretive explanations. The extension preserves user privacy and boosts understanding of numerical information instantly.

Extension stats

Users: 6,000+
Rating: 3.81
(236)
Version: 1.6.4 (Last updated: 2017-08-02)
Creation date: 2017-08-02
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • unlimitedStorage
Size: 203.78K

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Extension summary

A dictionary takes words you're unfamiliar with and puts them in terms you're familiar with. Dictionary of Numbers takes numbers you're unfamiliar with and puts them in terms you can understand.

Dictionary of Numbers scans the web pages you visit looking for numbers it can understand. When it finds one, it will give you a human-understandable meaning for that number. For example, Dictionary of Numbers will take this sentence:

"The hurricane displaced over 100,000 people and cost an estimated $3 million in damages."

And turn it into something like this:

"The hurricane displaced over 100,000 people [≈ population of Aruba] and caused an estimated $3 million [≈ cost of 30-second Super Bowl advertisement] in damages."

It works for hundreds of units and has several thousand human-understandable explanations! If you don't quite understand the explanation, try hovering over it to see the other explanations for what this quantity is like; some will have more options.

Dictionary of Numbers also includes a search box for typing/pasting in numbers not in web pages, and will automatically suggest meanings for numbers you type in text boxes (beta feature).

This extension has the permission to "access your data on all websites" because it needs that to inject explanations into the page. It never does anything with your data.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Provides interesting and informative comparisons
  • Useful for visualizing large numbers and measurements
  • Can be amusing and fun to use
Cons
  • Doesn't work on some websites and can mess up formatting
  • Provides overly technical and obscure comparisons at times
  • No option to disable on specific websites
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work on some websites
  • Provides overly technical and obscure comparisons
  • No option to disable on specific websites
User reviews
Unfortunately still broken. Hasn't worked for any number i tried.
by himei Peppermint, 2023-03-20

Doesn't work. Give no result on any page. That's a pity, it was a good idea.
by P N, 2020-11-09

I would really appreciate it if the same value was annotated only once in a given page. Also, an interactive element to temporarily disable entries which mess up the readability would be nice.
by Torgefahr, 2019-01-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Dictionary of Numbers requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Dictionary of Numbers has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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