Wiktionary Search

This extension allows you to perform a quick search on the Wiktionary.

Wiktionary Search: Chrome Extension for Quick Word Search

"Wiktionary Search" is a Chrome extension that provides a faster and easier route to word search on the English Wiktionary site. It includes a handy button for initiating searches and also embeds the option to right-click any selected text to directly search it on Wiktionary. The codebase for the extension is available on Github. Featured improvements such as search history and locale-optimized search-predictions are on the way.

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By: celeissl

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.20

(25)

Version: 1.3.4 (Last updated: 2017-02-16)

Creation date: 2017-02-16

Permissions:

contextMenus
*://*.wiktionary.org/*
storage

Size: 103.42K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 24,026 ▼ 9

Other rankings

#12837 in Tools ▲ 122

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Quick right-click search feature
Does what it says; provides redirection to Wiktionary
Useful for languages covered well on Wiktionary

Cons

Lacks configurable hotkey
No support for Unicode in language selection
Cannot search from English Wiktionary pages when using Chinese

Most mentioned

Quick right-click search feature
Lacks configurable hotkey
Redirects to Wiktionary page

User reviews

Can you also make a keyboard shortcut?

성원, 2024-09-21

You can choose language, initially using your system's.

Víctor Fresco-Barbeito, 2023-04-19

Exactly what I wanted

Christian Stanley, 2022-03-01

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Wiktionary Search requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains: wiktionary.org

Risk likelihood

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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