Ready-made content
A starting point, not a curriculum
If you already have a word list, Rayaad wants that one. If you do not, the catalog gives you something to review on day one — organised into sections and units, with audio, and yours to edit the moment you install it.
es → en
1Everyday basics4 units · 214 words
- Greetings and courtesyInstall
- Numbers and timeInstall
- Getting aroundInstall
- Food and drinkInstall
2People and places3 units · 168 words
- Family and workInstall
- The cityInstall
- Weather and seasonsInstall
3Getting things done3 units · 152 words
- AppointmentsInstall
- Money and shoppingInstall
- HealthInstall
An illustration of how a catalog is organised. Content is authored pair by pair and grows over time — choosing a pair here does not mean units exist for it. Installing copies the words into a deck you then own and can edit or delete like any other.
How it is built
Three levels, and then it is just your deck
- 1
Section
A broad area — everyday basics, getting things done. Sections are ordered, and the free tier is the first 2 of them.
- 2
Unit
A themed set of words inside a section, sized to be installed in one go rather than browsed for an hour.
- 3
Install
The words are copied into a deck in your pair. Nothing is linked back; nothing can be taken away later.
Then it is yours
Edit a translation you disagree with, delete the words you already know, add your own beside them. It schedules through FSRS like every other card.
Honest about coverage
Rayaad works with an empty catalog
The catalog is authored pair by pair and it does not cover everything — most language pairs in the world have no content in any tool, and pretending otherwise would waste your first ten minutes. Everything else in Rayaad works regardless: the scheduler, the review screen, pronunciation, listen mode, the extension and sync do not depend on the catalog existing for your pair.
Audio is included and free
Catalog clips are synthesised once when a unit is published, so every learner plays the same file. That is why catalog audio does not count against a daily speech allowance on any plan.
How pronunciation worksWhy installing copies rather than subscribing
A shared deck you merely subscribe to is a deck somebody else can change under you — and one you cannot fix when it is wrong. Rayaad copies instead. The moment a unit is installed, the words are rows in your account: your edits stick, your deletions stick, and your review history attaches to cards nobody else controls.
The cost of copying is that a later correction to the catalog does not reach a deck you have already installed. That is the right trade for vocabulary, where the value of a card is mostly in the history attached to it, and where being able to fix a translation you disagree with matters more than receiving somebody else's revision.
What a good starting unit looks like
Small enough to finish, broad enough to be useful in a real sentence, and pitched at what a beginner meets in the first weeks rather than at what a textbook orders alphabetically. A unit is a set you can install, review for a week, and then decide whether the next one is worth it.
Next: every way to get words in, orwhat reviewing them looks like.
About the catalog
Does the catalog have my language pair?
Maybe not. Catalog content is authored per pair rather than generated, so it exists for some pairs and not for others, and the set grows over time. Rayaad is fully usable with an empty catalog — the catalog is a shortcut for people who do not have a word list yet, not the product.
What happens when I install a unit?
Its words are copied into a deck inside your own language pair. From that moment they are ordinary cards: you can edit them, delete them, add to them, and they schedule exactly like anything you typed yourself. Nothing stays linked to the catalog.
Is catalog audio included?
Yes, and it does not count against any allowance. Catalog audio is synthesised once when the unit is published, so playing it costs nothing regardless of plan.
How much of the catalog is free?
The first 2 sections, counted from the start of the catalog. Anything you install while you have access stays yours permanently — a change of plan later does not take an installed deck away.
Who writes the catalog?
It is authored and reviewed before publication rather than generated on demand, and it lives in the database rather than in the app, so a correction reaches everybody without an app update.
Twenty words tonight.
Free plan with no review limit, on every device. No ads, and your words stay yours.