English Pronunciation Dictionary API (IPA Dictionary API)

A JSON-RPC API for the English Pronunciation Dictionary (IPA Dictionary). You can use this API in your applications to programmatically get IPA transcriptions of words.

Method ipaDictionary.query

Query the dictionary for a word or phrase. The query string is matched against the spelling of the entries.

The response contains an array of matching entries. Each entry contains the spelling and the IPA of the word or phrase. The response may contain multiple entries.

{
Query string
query: string,
Language code
lang: string
}
{
Matching entries
entries: {
Text (spelling)
text: string,
IPA transcription, with tokens separated by vertical bars
ipa: string
}[]
}
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