English Dictionary
Free Dictionary · Web & Search · 1 endpoint
One word, every meaning — definitions by part of speech, phonetics, and recorded pronunciation.
Base URL
Endpoint
Snippet
Request — cURL
v1
curl https://api.diraz.ae/v1/dictionary/%7Bword%7D \
-H "Authorization: Bearer drz_live_…"Query parameters
- wordpath segment · required
- A single English word.
Example response
200 OK
v1
{
"data": {
"word": "hello",
"entries": [
{
"word": "hello",
"phonetic": "həˈləʊ",
"phonetics": [{ "text": "həˈləʊ", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/hello-gb.mp3" }],
"meanings": [
{
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{ "definition": "Used as a greeting or to begin a phone conversation.", "example": "hello there, Katie!" }
]
}
]
}
]
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_7Q2fK4mZ",
"as_of": "2026-08-21T04:05:00.000Z",
"age_seconds": 42,
"next_update_at": "2026-08-22T04:05:00.000Z"
}
}- entries[].phonetic / phonetics[].audio
- How to say it, and a recording of someone doing so.
- entries[].meanings[].partOfSpeech / definitions[].definition
- Every sense, grouped by part of speech, with examples.
Errors
401 Unauthorized
v1
{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "The API key is invalid, expired, or revoked."
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_7Q2fK4mZ"
}
}Every failure carries a stable machine-readable code before the human message, and the same meta.request_id the successful responses carry. Quote it and we can find your exact request.
Errors are free
Nothing on this page is billed. You are charged for a 2xx and nothing else — a rejected key, a bad parameter, a rate limit, or an outage on our side all cost you zero. Retry without watching the meter.
- UNAUTHORIZEDHTTP 401
- Missing, malformed, expired, or revoked API key.
- FORBIDDENHTTP 403
- The key is valid but lacks the scope this product needs.
- VALIDATION_ERRORHTTP 422
- A query parameter is the wrong type or out of range.
- RATE_LIMITEDHTTP 429
- Rate limit exhausted. `Retry-After` says how long to wait.
- SERVICE_UNAVAILABLEHTTP 503
- No data recent enough to serve. Carries `Retry-After`, and is never billed.
- Status
- Operational
- Category
- Web & Search
- Scope
- market:read
- Rate limit
- 300 requests / 60s per key
- Pricing
- 1 credit / request
- English Dictionary
1/1 passing
Every response is timestamped. as_of is when the data was published, age_seconds how old that is now, and next_update_at when newer data is expected.
Three shapes to handle:
- Up to date200
The data is inside its published window. The overwhelming majority of requests.
- Delayeddelayed: true
Newer data is late. You still get the most recent there is, flagged so you can decide whether to use it.
- Unavailable503
Nothing recent enough to serve. Carries Retry-After, and is never billed.