Sponsor a word
Every word in Polyglot Dictionary can carry a small illustration — all drawn in the same frog-mascot style — to help a learner picture what it means. This page explains how your brand can be part of one.
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How it works
A dictionary entry page has room for one illustration, shown right above the Usage notes and Practice sections. A company can sponsor that spot on a specific word — for example, a juice brand might sponsor the word "refreshing" with an image of Polydi enjoying a cold glass of their juice.
Every image features a frog
To keep the whole dictionary visually consistent, fast to load, and unmistakably ours, every illustration — sponsored or not — features Polydi or another frog, in a pose or setting that helps explain the word. We don't publish a stand-alone logo or a plain product photo; the frog, and the word, always come first.
There's room for creativity within that rule — the frog and the word just have to stay the focus. A few ideas:
- Dress the frog in something with your branding — a t-shirt, a cap, a backpack with your logo.
- Show the frog using or enjoying your product — drinking your juice, eating your chocolate, wearing your shoes.
- Any pose that naturally fits the word you're sponsoring is fair game — the only rule is the one above: a frog, doing something that helps explain the word.
See it in action
Polydi, our own mascot, already has an entry of his own — it's the simplest example of how the illustration sits on the page.
You can also see how words get grouped into themed decks on our Challenges page — useful if your brand fits a whole theme (travel, food, nature...) better than a single word.
Pricing
Free
$0
- Upload an image that includes your logo, at no cost.
- The spot is not exclusive: if another company later pays to secure the same word, that purchase replaces your free image.
- Good for trying the idea before committing to a paid spot.
Interest open
Secure your spot
$10 USD / year
- Your image is guaranteed to stay on that word for a full year — no other company can take the spot during that time.
- The one-year term is a deliberate cap, not a sales tactic: if the site is ever discontinued, taken down by an attack, or runs into a problem beyond what a small, independently-run project can absorb, we cannot promise the spot survives past what we can actually deliver.
- When the year ends, if nobody else has purchased that word, you simply keep it — no action and no extra charge needed.
A quick note on where things stand: payment for the $10 USD/year option isn't set up on the site yet — we want proper tax and business advice before handling money directly. If you'd like that spot, say so in the form (or by email) and we'll follow up to arrange it one-on-one. It also helps us learn whether this is something companies actually want.
Why this is a good deal right now
We're building a new feature where a learner being tested on a word may be shown its illustration and asked to choose the correct word for it — turning a sponsored image into part of an active learning moment, not just a static picture on a page. [New feature coming soon]
That quiz won't turn on everywhere at once: it only activates once at least one in ten dictionary words has an illustration, so there's enough variety for a fair question. We'll announce when that threshold is reached.
Pricing is intentionally low while the dictionary and its audience are still growing. As more entries get illustrations and more learners see them, the price for a new spot will go up — so telling us you're interested now, while the price is set at $10 USD, puts you first in line once payment is ready.
The fine print
- This page is informational and does not by itself create a contract. Final terms are confirmed in writing by email before any payment is made.
- Every submitted image — free or paid — goes through the same safety review before it's published: we re-encode the file, check it for malware, and confirm it fits the word and follows the frog-theme rule above. We may decline or remove an image that doesn't meet these standards; if we remove a paid image through no fault of yours, we refund the unused part of that year.
- Sponsoring a word secures that one illustration slot only. It does not transfer any trademark, brand, or other rights, and does not make Polyglot Dictionary an endorser of your product.
- We run this site on a best-effort basis. The one-year cap above reflects that honestly: by sponsoring a spot, you're agreeing that we cannot guarantee uptime or continuity beyond what we can realistically deliver as a small, independent project.
Get in touch
Ready to sponsor a word? Fill out the submission form — it covers everything we need: your company, the word you'd like, your image, and which plan interests you. Please use your company's own email when filling it in, not a personal or free webmail account; it's how we confirm we're actually talking to your brand.
Prefer to ask a question first? Reach us directly:
You can also reach us on LinkedIn: follow our page, then send a message with your proposal.