Most Anki decks assume your native language is English. Ours don't. Five premium English decks — with prompts in your native language — so the words you don't yet know are anchored to words you already do. Native English audio on every card.
Each one is purpose-built around a specific corpus — the most-frequent words for general English, IELTS academic, GRE academic, business, or fluency. All have native English audio recorded with ElevenLabs neural TTS, contextual example sentences, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Beginner to intermediate English learners (CEFR A2–B1).
Students preparing for IELTS, TOEFL, or university study in English.
GRE test-takers needing high-frequency academic English.
Working professionals preparing for TOEIC.
Intermediate to advanced learners aiming for fluency.
Open any deck, then use the “I speak…” selector at the top of the page to switch the prompt language. English audio and English answers stay the same — only the language you read the clue in changes. Click your language to start.
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Three pieces of vocabulary research underpin the design of these decks.
Adults learning a new language remember vocabulary faster when prompts appear in a language they already know fluently. Bilingual mental switching is reduced, and connections form between concepts already in memory rather than between two unknowns. For English-language learners, this is the difference between “cat = cat” (meaningless) and “cat = gato” (instant grounding).
The five decks above target the highest-leverage English vocabulary identified by corpus research. The New General Service List (NGSL) covers about 92% of everyday English text in 1,000 words. The Academic Word List (AWL) by Averil Coxhead adds the 570 most-frequent academic words across IELTS, TOEFL, and university-level English. Schmitt and others have shown the first 2,000 to 3,000 most-frequent words are the highest-leverage learning target before authentic-text reading becomes practical.
Spaced repetition with the FSRS algorithm (default in modern Anki) schedules each card right before you'd forget it. Roughly 15 minutes a day is enough for ~1,000 new words in 3 months.
Yes. The deck stays the same; only the prompt language changes. The English audio plays in English, the English answer is in English. The clue you read is in your native language. Anki handles this natively because each card has multiple text fields.
If you're below B1 (intermediate), start with NGSL 1000 — these are the words that cover ~80% of everyday English speech and writing. For IELTS Academic or TOEFL, start with the IELTS AWL 570. For TOEIC, start with TOEIC 500. For GRE, the GRE 800. Phrasal verbs (300) are best after you have a basic vocabulary in place.
Free decks rarely include native audio (and never with ElevenLabs-quality voices), almost never have non-English-language prompts, and are usually abandoned with formatting errors. Our decks are professionally curated, kept up to date, and refundable within 30 days.
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Right now, prompts are available in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified), Japanese, and Korean. If you'd like another front language, email us — if there's enough demand we'll add it.
Five decks. Eight native languages. From $5. 30-day refund.