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. 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, Esc to hide. Getting Started Click the toolbar icon to toggle on/off (badge shows "ON" when active) Hover over any Khmer text Read the definition in the popup Use keyboard shortcuts (Shift, c, n, Esc) for faster interaction 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 Read all webpage content — Detects Khmer text and hovering for popups 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 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.