Our story

Learning a language
should feel like play.

spelvi began with a small frustration: the tools for learning a language were scattered across a dozen apps, and none of them felt calm. We set out to build one focused place instead.

The name
s
spel vi sw. “we play”

spelvi /ˈspɛl.vi/ is Swedish for “we play”spel (game, play) + vi (we). The name carries the whole idea: language is something you practice by doing, out loud, a little every day. The dot is our periwinkle accent; the s wears a highlighter stroke, because the best learning happens when you mark up the world around you.

We think most language apps optimize for the wrong thing — streaks for their own sake, points that don't mean anything.

spelvi optimizes for real comprehension. A dictionary that merges definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and idioms into one tap. Grammar drills graded honestly against the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2. AI that explains a word in the exact sentence you found it — not in the abstract.

And then the part everyone skips: speaking. spelvi scores your pronunciation in real time, so saying a word out loud stops being the scary part. Around all of it sits a quiet library — public-domain books with matching audiobooks, plus a built-in news reader — every word one tap from its meaning.

No noise. No dark patterns. One calm, focused app that backs up to the cloud for free and follows you across devices.

What we believe

Five principles.

01

Calm over loud

No streak-shaming, no manipulative nudges. Gentle momentum that respects your attention.

02

Context is everything

A word means nothing alone. We always show it in the sentence, the book, the conversation it lives in.

03

Speaking counts

You learn a language by saying it. Pronunciation scoring makes the hardest part the most rewarding.

04

Honest progress

CEFR-graded, paced to what you actually retain. Charts that tell the truth, not flatter you.

05

Yours to keep

Free cloud backup, export anytime, no lock-in. Your saved words belong to you.

9
Languages, with full dictionaries
A1–C2
CEFR-graded grammar lessons
10
Study techniques built in
2026
Launching on iOS & Android

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