Cambridge / Wiktionary Fetcher

An Anki add-on that fills notes with data from Cambridge Dictionary, ru.wiktionary.org, and en.wiktionary.org.

Screenshots

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buyolitsez/anki-cards-fetcher/main/examples/basic_usage.png" alt="Basic usage dialog" width="460"> <br> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buyolitsez/anki-cards-fetcher/main/examples/image_finder.png" alt="Image finder dialog" width="460">

Features

• Fetches word, definitions, examples, synonyms, and part of speech.
• Extracts IPA and audio when available.
• Fetches from multiple sources at once.
• Adds an image to a note field via a dedicated image search dialog.
• Suggests close word variants when no exact match is found (typo/fuzzy suggestions).
• Validates typo suggestions against real dictionary entries.
• Writes data into your fields through configurable field mapping.
• Auto-selects a preset by detected word language (English/Russian) when configured in Settings.

Image Search

• The current version uses only DuckDuckGo.
• Provider selection remains in settings, but only one provider is currently available.
• Image settings: image_search.provider, image_search.max_results, image_search.safe_search.

Usage

1. Open Tools -> Dictionary Fetch (Cambridge/Wiktionary).
2. Enter a word and choose one or more sources.
3. Click Fetch and select a sense.
4. Optionally click Find Image and choose an image.
5. Click Insert or Insert & Edit.

Settings

Open Tools -> Dictionary Fetch - Settings.

Available options:

• preset profiles for all fetch settings (note type, deck, sources, mappings, typo/image options, dialect, etc.);
• language defaults for presets (English -> preset, Russian -> preset);
• Cambridge dialect priority (UK/US);
• image result count and safe_search;
• typo suggestions on/off and max number of confirmed suggestions;
• field mapping (word, definition, examples, synonyms, pos, ipa, audio, picture);
• RU Wiktionary mapping (wiktionary.field_map.syllables).