English Creole Dictionary
Free offline English-Haitian Creole dictionary. Translate words instantly without internet. Essential for the Haitian community and aid workers.
Key Features
100% Offline
Look up Haitian Creole words anytime, anywhere — no internet connection needed.
Fast Search
Instant results as you type. Find the word you need in milliseconds.
Completely Free
No hidden costs, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases required.
Android & iOS
Available on both Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Comprehensive
Thousands of words and phrases covering everyday vocabulary and more.
Bidirectional
Search from English to Haitian Creole or Haitian Creole to English seamlessly.
About English Creole Dictionary
This English-Haitian Creole dictionary provides offline translations for the Haitian community worldwide, aid workers, missionaries, and anyone communicating with Haitian Creole speakers.
About Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole is spoken by about 12 million people, primarily in Haiti and Haitian diaspora communities. It is a French-based creole language and is one of the two official languages of Haiti alongside French.
Who is this app for? Haitian diaspora, aid workers in Haiti, missionaries, travelers to Haiti.
Haitian Creole is a language, not broken French
This needs saying first because the misconception is widespread and consequential. Haitian Creole — Kreyòl ayisyen — is a full language with its own grammar, its own standardised orthography and around twelve million speakers. It is one of Haiti's two official languages, alongside French, and it is the language nearly the entire population actually speaks.
Most of its vocabulary derives from French, which is why a French speaker recognises many words. The grammar does not come from French, and a French speaker cannot simply read Creole. Verbs do not conjugate; tense and aspect are marked with separate particles before the verb. Definite articles follow the noun instead of preceding it. These are systematic features of a distinct grammar, not errors.
A spelling system designed for the language
Haitian Creole uses a phonemic orthography, officially standardised in 1979, in which spelling maps consistently onto sound. This is a deliberate break from French spelling, and it is why written Creole looks unfamiliar even to fluent French readers: ou, è, ò and en have fixed values, and silent letters were discarded.
The practical result is that Creole is far easier to read aloud than French once the conventions are known, because there is essentially nothing irregular to memorise.
Who uses this
Haitian Creole speakers looking up English, which is the largest group — including a very substantial diaspora in the United States, particularly Florida and New York, as well as Canada, France and the Dominican Republic.
It is also used by English speakers working in Haiti or with Haitian communities: healthcare workers, aid and development staff, teachers, and interpreters. Offline access matters because connectivity in Haiti is unreliable and, after a disaster, often absent entirely — which is precisely when accurate communication matters most.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Haitian Creole just simplified French?
No. It is a full language with its own grammar and standardised spelling, spoken by around twelve million people and official in Haiti. Most vocabulary derives from French, but the grammar does not — verbs do not conjugate, tense is marked with particles, and definite articles follow the noun.
If I speak French, can I read Haitian Creole?
You will recognise a great deal of vocabulary but the grammar and spelling are different enough that reading is not automatic. The orthography is phonemic and deliberately unlike French spelling, which makes written Creole look unfamiliar even to fluent French readers.
Is Creole spelling difficult?
Considerably easier than French. The orthography was standardised in 1979 on phonemic principles, so spelling maps consistently onto sound with essentially no silent letters or irregular forms to memorise.
Why does offline access matter for Haitian Creole?
Connectivity in Haiti is unreliable and frequently absent after a natural disaster — which is exactly when healthcare workers, aid staff and interpreters most need accurate communication. A dictionary requiring a signal is unavailable at the moment of greatest need.
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