Import your own word list
Already keep vocabulary in a spreadsheet or another app? Grab a template below, fill it in, and import the file into Leafy.
Filling in the template
Delete the example rows, add your own: one word per row. Only Word is required, everything else is optional:
- Word: the only required column.
- Definition, Translation, Part of Speech, Phonetic: leave blank and Leafy looks them up for you.
- Gender, Base Form: for languages that use them (e.g. "die", "f").
- Context, Notes, Date Added: optional extras, kept exactly as entered.
- Language, Folder: which language the word is in, and which folder to file it under.
Importing the file into Leafy
- Click the Leafy icon in your menu bar and open Settings.
- Find Vocabulary backup and click Import.
- Choose your file. Leafy shows a preview of every word it found. Untick anything you don't want, then confirm.
Coming from another app? You usually don't need the template at all. Leafy reads CSV, TSV, Excel (.xlsx), JSON, plain text, and Anki (.apkg) exports directly: just export from your old app and import that file as-is.
File won't import? Email it to us at binjto@gmail.com and we'll take a look, or drop it in our Discord and chat with us.