Finally learn a language you can actually speak.
Most apps train you to recognize the right answer. Lingavela trains you to produce the language — you build your own sentences, our AI checks them, and smart review locks every word into long-term memory. Real progress, 10 minutes a day. No ads.
Tapping word tiles won't make you speak.
In most apps you "build" a sentence by tapping pre-made word blocks into the right order. It feels like progress — but your brain isn't forming the sentence, it's just recognizing a pattern. That's why so many people finish hundreds of lessons and still freeze the moment they have to say something themselves. Lingavela is built the opposite way.
Arrange someone else's words
You drag pre-made blocks into order. Recognition — not recall.
Write your own, from your head
You create the sentence. Our AI checks grammar & meaning instantly.
Perfect. Natural and polite — quisiera is exactly the right register here.
- Write any sentence with your new word — no tiles, no templates.
- Instant AI feedback on grammar and meaning, with a free second try.
- You learn to think in the language, not just tap through it.
Psychologists call it the generation effect: you remember what you create far better than what you simply pick (Slamecka & Graf, 1978).
Why you forget new words — and how we fix it.
Learn a word today and, without review, most of it fades within days. That's the forgetting curve, documented for over a century (Ebbinghaus, 1885). Lingavela beats it with spaced repetition: we bring each word back right before you'd forget it. Every time you recall it, the memory gets stronger and fades slower — until it's yours for good.
Decades of research show spaced review dramatically outperforms cramming (Cepeda et al., 2006).
Without review, memory drops fast. With spaced review, each repetition resets it — and makes it last longer.
One word. Many ways. That's why it sticks.
A word you tap once and never use again is a word you'll forget. So Lingavela doesn't just show you a word — it puts it to work. The same word comes back as a recognition check, a listening drill, a letter build, a typed answer, a sentence you write yourself, and a card in the speed game. Each pass makes you recall it a different way — and every recall makes the memory deeper.
See it
Recognize the word both directions — meaning to word, word to meaning.
Hear it
Audio on every word, played after you answer so it never gives the answer away.
Build it
Assemble the word from its letters — spelling locks in through doing.
Type it
Recall it from memory with the keyboard — no options to lean on.
Use it
Write your own sentence with the word and get instant AI feedback.
Race it
The word returns in the 60-second speed game for fast, fun recall.
- Each word mastered through a full cycle — see it, hear it, build it, type it, use it.
- Spaced review schedules every word at the perfect moment.
- Recognition turns into real recall — the kind you use in conversation.
Recalling something from memory beats simply seeing it again (Roediger & Karpicke, 2006). Effortful recall is exactly what builds lasting memory (desirable difficulty, Bjork).
Learn by playing — and actually keep going.
The best way to learn a language is a little every day — and the hardest part is showing up. So we made showing up fun. Race the clock in a 60-second speed game that turns review into a challenge, not a chore. Build a streak you won't want to break, earn XP, and unlock achievements as you go. Miss a day? A streak freeze has your back.
- 60-second speed game: fast recall, real fun.
- Streaks, XP, achievements & automatic streak freezes.
- Play and remember — review that doesn't feel like studying.
Practice real conversations — without the fear.
Reading and tapping won't get you talking. Lingavela gives you real-life dialogues where you choose what to say — natural conversations, not robotic repeat-after-me drills. And when you're ready to go off-script, chat with your AI tutor: ask anything, say anything, and get gentle corrections — with zero pressure and no judgment.
- Interactive dialogues where you pick your reply and the conversation flows.
- Chat with your AI tutor anytime — practice freely, no fear of mistakes.
- Build the confidence to speak before you ever need to in real life.
You wrote "Yo fui a la playa con mis amigo." → amigos (plural). Nice sentence!
Make all the mistakes you want. Nobody's watching.
The biggest thing that stops people from speaking is fear — "what if I get it wrong and look silly?" In Lingavela you practice with AI in two private places — writing your own sentences and chatting with your AI tutor — where no one sees and no one judges. Write it wrong, try again, get it right. The fear fades before you ever speak to a real person.
Grammar from beginner to advanced — exactly when you need it.
A clear path from A1 to C2, learned right alongside your words — never a wall you have to climb before moving on. Short, practical lessons, plus instant hints the moment a tricky structure shows up.
Real progress in 3 simple steps.
Pick your language & goal
From 10 minutes a day to an hour — you set the pace.
Follow your daily plan
Words, a quick game, a lesson, grammar, conversation — built for you, every day.
Watch it stick
Spaced review and real practice turn today's words into a language you can speak.
Start with the world's most-spoken languages.
English, Spanish, and French today — German and Italian on the way. One subscription, every language, every level.
English
A1 → C2Thousands of words, full grammar, real dialogues and AI feedback.
Learn English ESSpanish
A1 → C2Thousands of words, full grammar, real dialogues and AI feedback.
Learn Spanish FRFrench
A1 → C2Thousands of words, full grammar, real dialogues and AI feedback.
Learn FrenchGerman
Coming soonItalian
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- Write your own sentences with instant AI feedback
- Smart spaced review so words actually stick
- Real dialogues + chat with your AI tutor
- Grammar from A1 to C2
- Audio on every word
- No ads — ever
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