Extract text from Dictionary files (DICT)
To convert DICT Dictionaries to another format, you need GoldenDict or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Dictionary Data File" file type, you need software like GoldenDict or a similar tool.
The .dict extension is highly fragmented. It is primarily used to store vocabulary data, spellcheck resources, or translation glossaries. Common variants include DICT protocol database files used by dictd servers, spellchecking dictionaries for Hunspell or Ispell, and translation glossaries for memoQ. In developer environments, .dict is often used for PyTorch model state dictionaries (saved as ZIP archives) or serialized Python objects via Gensim.
The biggest disadvantage of .dict files is their total lack of standardization. Because multiple programs use the exact same extension for wildly different underlying formats - ranging from raw UTF-8 text to SQLite databases, binary Python pickle files, and compressed PyTorch tensors - you cannot just double-click them to view the contents. Most of these files are proprietary or application-specific, meaning they lack human readability and cannot be easily ported to other systems without heavy parsing.
To analyze or migrate linguistic data, convert text-based .dict files to CSV or TXT. If the file is a structured database, such as Apple's SQLite-based dictionary, export it to JSON or SQL for cross-platform queries. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DICT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted DZ, DIC, INDEX, TXT, OXT, BGL, DCT, PDF, XML, IDX, EPUB, ZIP and JSON files.
If you want to convert DICT file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use GoldenDict or similar software from the "Dictionary and Language Database" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to DICT, try GoldenDict or another comparable tool in the "Dictionary and Language Database" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our DICT converter.