Practise in another language
Spell in one language, read the meanings in another — the setup that makes Spelly work for language learners.
The four language settings
Practice language — the language of the words themselves, and the voice that reads them. Set it in ⚙️ Settings or from Language in the bottom bar.
Definition language — the language definitions and examples are written in. Set this to your child's first language while they practise a new one, and every meaning stays understandable.
App language — the buttons and menus of Spelly itself. Independent of the other two.
Second voice — off by default. Pick a language here and one extra button appears on every result, speaking the word in that language too. Found in the same popup as the other three.
Supported languages
🇺🇸 English · 🇮🇱 Hebrew · 🇸🇦 Arabic · 🇪🇸 Spanish · 🇫🇷 French · 🇩🇪 German · 🇮🇹 Italian · 🇵🇹 Portuguese · 🇷🇺 Russian · 🇨🇳 Chinese · 🇹🇭 Thai · 🇰🇷 Korean · 🇲🇲 Burmese · 🇯🇵 Japanese
Each one is read aloud by a real text-to-speech voice, and Hebrew and Arabic lay the whole app out right-to-left.
Common questions
Can one account practise two languages?
Yes. Switch the practice language whenever you like; lists remember the language they were made in, so a Spanish list keeps its Spanish voice.
Is a keyboard for another alphabet needed?
Not necessarily — Spelly's Build It and Fill the Gap modes give you the letters. For Type It in a different script, your device's own keyboard is what types it.
What's the difference between Definition language and Second voice?
Definition language changes every meaning and hint you see. Second voice adds one button that speaks the word itself in another language — nothing else about the app changes.