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by kieranoneill 5715 days ago
I think you want honest feedback here: I won't use that, and I don't think the vast majority of "normal people" would either. A lack of place to save difficult words isn't a common problem for most people I don't feel. Also, I think most people don't even look up words they don't know - they just skip over them. That said, if success for you would be a small userbase of people who rely on it, then why not.
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I completely agree this isn't for everyone - until a couple of months back I used to overlook tough words or try to interpret their meaning in the context of what I was reading.

I've discovered though, that making a conscious attempt to identify these words is quite rewarding and I recognize that's my personal opinion.

Success for me will be helping a few folks scratch this itch. I really don't intend to monetize the app.

If it's online I'll check Merriam-Webster. If I notice I keep mis-spelling a word, I'll dedicate my mistake to memory.
I used to do that myself. Until I discovered I'd looked up "proselytize" on 6 different occasions and it just wouldn't stick. So I began building a personal list of to-revise words until it became bloated and unwieldy.