KhmerLens - Khmer Popup Dictionary

Hover over Khmer text to see instant English definitions, romanization, and word frequency. Works fully offline.

Instant Khmer-to-English popup dictionary for Chrome. Perfect for language learners, translators, and Khmer readers. What does KhmerLens do? Hover over any Khmer word on any webpage, and a popup appears instantly with: The Khmer word Romanization (Wiktionary phonetic) Part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) English definitions Frequency badge (common, medium, rare) Key Features: Instant lookups - No clicking, no submitting. Just hover over Khmer text. Complete offline - All 21,514 words are built in. No internet required, no data sent anywhere. Zero tracking - We collect zero data. No analytics, no network requests, no tracking. Smart segmentation - Khmer has no spaces. KhmerLens uses dictionary-aware segmentation to find words accurately, even in long strings. Paste panel - Reading Khmer that lives in a Google Doc or PDF? Paste it into the panel and hover the words right there. Anki export - Turn on the optional Anki integration to add a "star Anki" button (shortcut A) that saves the word, romanization, and definition straight to your Anki deck (needs the Anki desktop app with the AnkiConnect add-on). Freeze the popup - Press F to pin the current popup so you can move your cursor into it, copy text, or click the audio button without it disappearing. Customizable - Choose light/dark theme, adjust font size, toggle romanization, and toggle on-page highlighting. Keyboard shortcuts - Shift to cycle matches, c to copy, n to jump to next word, b to jump back, f to freeze, a to add to Anki, Esc to hide. Getting Started Click the toolbar icon to open the popup, then flip the switch ON (or press Alt+K, which toggles the tab directly) - badge shows "ON" when active Hover over any Khmer text Read the definition in the popup Use keyboard shortcuts (Shift, c, n, b, f, a, Esc) for faster interaction Reading Khmer inside a Doc or PDF? Open the paste panel from the toolbar popup and paste it in Dictionary Stats 21,514 total words 9,420 words with full English definitions (from Wiktionary) 12,094 frequency-list words for accurate segmentation (from SIL khmerlbdict) ~1.8 MB dictionary compiled and stored locally Permissions storage - Stores your settings (theme, font size, etc.) locally clipboardWrite - Allows you to copy word + definition with the 'c' shortcut activeTab + scripting - Detects Khmer text and hovering for popups, but only on tabs you explicitly activate (toolbar click or Alt+K); no broad "read and change all your data on all websites" access Privacy We collect zero data - no analytics, no tracking, no network requests Settings are stored locally on your device External links (kheng.info) open only when you click them All dictionary lookups happen offline, locally Optional live lookup (off by default): you can turn on an opt-in feature that fetches a definition from kheng.info for a word that has no bundled definition. It requests a permission when you enable it, and sends only that single word, only when you click the button (or press K) Inspired by Zhongwen (a Chinese popup dictionary), but built from scratch with no code reused. License Dictionary content is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, combining data from Wiktionary and SIL International. See Attribution for complete source information.