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Learn vocabulary faster with a flashcard app made from your notes

Upload your vocab sheets, textbook PDFs, slides or photos of class notes. DeckOwl builds flashcards you can review on a spaced repetition schedule.

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How a flashcard app helps you learn a language

Vocabulary drills stick best when they repeat on a schedule, and a flashcard app to learn languages can handle that scheduling while you focus on the words. Build the deck from your own class handouts, textbook chapters or photos of notes so every card matches what you are actually studying.

Upload vocab lists, lesson PDFs, slides or photos of notes
Spaced repetition so hard words come back sooner
Study in the browser on the free plan
Export to Anki or CSV on Plus for offline review

Example Spanish, French and Italian vocabulary flashcards

Tener hambreTo be hungry (literally "to have hunger"). Spanish uses tener for many states where English uses to be.

Je voudrais un café, s'il vous plaît.I would like a coffee, please. Voudrais is the polite conditional of vouloir, which sounds softer than je veux.

Der HundThe dog. Der is the masculine article, so learn the article with the noun, since German nouns take der, die or das.

Ci vediamo domaniSee you tomorrow. Ci vediamo literally means we see each other, and the phrase is common in casual speech.

Ich habe gestern Pizza gegessen.I ate pizza yesterday. German uses habe plus the past participle gegessen to form the perfect tense for everyday past actions.

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Cards from your own material

Upload a PDF, a DOCX, a PPTX, plain text or a photo of a page. Your word lists and example sentences become flashcards without retyping.

Spaced repetition built in

Cards you find hard come back sooner, and words you already know fade to longer gaps, so review time goes to what you are likely to forget.

Study in the browser or export

Study on any device with a browser. Paid plans export to Anki, CSV, PDF and DOCX so your language deck can live where you already study.

How it works

Upload your vocab material

Add the lesson PDF, notes or photo of a vocabulary page. Text recognition reads handwritten-free printed pages as well as typed text.

Generate your flashcards

DeckOwl creates front and back cards from the words, phrases and examples in your material, ready to review.

Review on a schedule

Study a short batch each day. Spaced repetition brings back the words you miss so new vocabulary stays in memory.

Cards work in both directions. Start with the foreign word and recall the meaning, then flip it so you practice producing the word from English. Include example sentences on the back of each card, since a word learned in context is easier to use later.

Keep each session short and consistent. Ten minutes a day usually beats one long weekend session, and spaced repetition makes that habit efficient by showing each card at the moment you are likely to forget it.

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Frequently asked questions

How many new words should I add to a flashcard deck each day?

Most learners do better with a small daily batch they can actually review, often somewhere around ten to twenty new words. Adding fewer new cards and reviewing consistently usually builds vocabulary faster than large cram sessions.

Should my language flashcards show the foreign word or the translation first?

Use both directions. Seeing the foreign word first trains recall of meaning, while seeing the translation first trains you to produce the word, which matters for speaking and writing.

Can I export my language flashcards to Anki?

Export to Anki is included in the Plus plan, which also gives unlimited generations and CSV and PDF export. The free plan lets you study in the browser with a limited number of generations each month.

Is there a free plan for language flashcards?

Yes. The free plan includes 3 generations per month and browser study, and you can start without a credit card. Students with a school email get 40% off paid plans.

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