# Foundry English Dictionary Lookup

> Foundry English Dictionary Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from minty-sprout.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-01).

Returns definitions, part of speech, phonetic pronunciation, and synonyms for a given English word.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://minty-sprout.onrender.com/v1/dictionary?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-11-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/foundry-english-dictionary-lookup-563683b8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YPG6NdE1gcD1mMebfZZKK

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability foundry-english-dictionary-lookup-563683b8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What does the word 'ephemeral' mean — can you give me its definition, part of speech, phonetics, and any synonyms?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured dictionary data — definitions, part of speech, phonetics, and synonyms — for a single English word. It is ideal for writing assistants, language learning tools, vocabulary enrichment pipelines, or any agent that needs authoritative word metadata sourced from Wiktionary. Prefer this over web search for clean, structured lexical data without scraping overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Word not found in Wiktionary — empty meanings array or error response
- Non-English or misspelled words may return no results
- Input exceeds single-word expectation — multi-word phrases may not resolve correctly
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 response before dictionary data is returned

## How this service works

English dictionary: definitions, part of speech, phonetics and synonyms for a word. Input: a word.

## Output

A JSON object containing the queried word, its phonetic transcription, the attribution source (Free Dictionary API / Wiktionary), and an array of meanings — each with the part of speech, one or more definitions, and a list of synonyms.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 8000,
   "description": "One English word"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "word": "serendipity",
  "source": "Free Dictionary API (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA)",
  "meanings": [
   {
    "synonyms": [
     "chance",
     "luck"
    ],
    "definitions": [
     "A combination of events which have come together by chance to make a surprisingly good or wonderful outcome.",
     "An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident."
    ],
    "part_of_speech": "noun"
   }
  ],
  "phonetic": "/ˌsɛ.ɹən.ˈdɪ.pɪ.ti/"
 }
}
```

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