Open a book. Find your next word.
Browse Gutenberg books and public lessons, or paste in a short text of your own.
Available on FreeRead what you love. Remember more of it.
A LingQ alternative.
With FSRS built in.
Read books, articles, and videos in the language you’re learning. Save the words you want to keep. Review them with FSRS, without moving anything to another app.
200 saved words. 3 imports to try. No credit card.
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Tap the brightest word
はころに。
Try the language you're learning
Words saved with their sentencesFSRS reviews built inYour books, articles, and videos
From a good read to words you remember
Your next flashcard is already in the story.
You found a word in something you wanted to read. Keep that sentence, save the meaning, and give the word a review schedule. It all happens here.
Your reader knows which saved words are due.
When they appear in your reading, they light up. Practice them from the lesson, or open your due reviews to catch words you haven’t met again. Your answers update the schedule; simply seeing a word does not.
Give yourself a reason to come back
That book you want to read? Make it your next lesson.
A story you want to finish. An article you would read anyway. A video about your favorite hobby. Choose the content, and build your vocabulary around it.
Your EPUBs. Your articles. Your YouTube rabbit holes.
Import EPUB, PDF, web articles, YouTube, images, or SRT subtitles. Read and review the vocabulary in one place.
3 free imports to try. Ongoing imports on Pro.Read it. Replay it. Say it out loud.
Listen sentence by sentence. Slow the audio down and replay a line for shadowing.
Free audio allowance. Higher limits on paid plans.For the reader who wants FSRS
More time in the language. Less work between apps.
If you’ve wanted the reading experience of LingQ with FSRS handling your vocabulary reviews, this is the combination to try.
You already learn from real content.
Keep choosing what interests you. Lookups and sentence audio help you through the parts you don’t understand yet.
You want a plan for the words you save.
FSRS uses your review history to estimate when each word needs practice. You get a review schedule without setting one up yourself.
You’d rather read than maintain a workflow.
The reader, saved vocabulary, and reviews share the same word history. No export step or separate deck to build for the words you find here.
Paid plans have usage allowances for imports, AI, and new audio. Change or cancel your plan in account settings.
RomFounder, Language Lit · Tokyo
Why I built Language Lit
I wanted to spend that time reading.
When I started learning Japanese in Tokyo, I ended up with a reader, a dictionary, and flashcards on the side. The approach made sense. Keeping the pieces together took work.
I built Language Lit to bring reading and reviews into one place. It’s the tool I use for my own Japanese, and the one I wanted when I arrived.
Before you start
A few things you might be wondering.
How is this different from LingQ?
If you like learning through real content and want FSRS built into that experience, Language Lit is made for you. LingQ also has spaced repetition and contextual AI translations. Our focus is the connection between your reader and FSRS: save vocabulary in context, review it here, and see due words highlighted when they appear in your reading.
Is this the FSRS algorithm used in Anki?
Yes. Language Lit uses the open-source FSRS algorithm, which is also available in Anki. Your Again and Good answers update each word’s review schedule. The reader uses due dates and estimated memory stability to decide which saved words to highlight and how strongly. FSRS estimates memory; it cannot know the exact moment you will forget.
Does reading a highlighted word count as a review?
No. Reading and looking up a word do not record a successful review. In practice, try to recall the meaning, reveal the answer, then choose Again or Good. That answer updates the schedule. You can practice vocabulary from a paragraph or lesson, or review your due words separately, including words that do not appear in your current reading.
What can I do for free?
Read and look up words without a reading limit, save up to 200 words, and review them with FSRS. You also get public lessons, Gutenberg books, read-along audio within free limits, and 3 imports of your own content to try once. The free plan does not expire and needs no credit card. Pro adds unlimited saved vocabulary, ongoing imports, and higher allowances.
Can I keep using Anki?
Of course. You can keep your existing decks and use Language Lit for vocabulary you find here. Words saved in Language Lit have their own FSRS schedule; your Anki review history does not sync with it. Language Lit is built for an integrated reading workflow. Anki is a better fit if custom card types and detailed scheduler controls are your priority.
Which languages and devices can I use?
Language Lit supports 33 languages, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French, and German. Use it in a browser on your phone, tablet, or computer. Try the language picker in the demo above to see a sample before you create an account.
Will this teach me to speak?
The focus is reading, listening, and remembering vocabulary. Read-along audio lets you replay sentences and slow them down for shadowing. There is no pronunciation scoring or live conversation practice, so plan to get speaking practice elsewhere too.
Your next chapter starts here
Find a story worth reading. Keep the words that come with it.
Create a free account, choose something to read, and save your first word. Your FSRS reviews are already part of the app.
Create my free account200 saved words. 3 imports to try. No credit card. No expiry.