# Articles

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Guides to learning words: flashcards, spaced repetition, and how Miji makes both take less work.

## Guides

- [What Is Spaced Repetition, and How Does It Work?](https://getmiji.app/what-is-spaced-repetition.html)

Spaced repetition explained in plain English: why you forget, why growing gaps between reviews fix it, and the easy way to use it on iPhone.

Updated September 17, 2026

- [What Is the Leitner System, and Does It Still Work?](https://getmiji.app/leitner-system.html)

The Leitner system explained: the boxes, the rules, what it gets right, where it breaks down by hand, and what an app does instead.

Updated September 17, 2026

- [What Is the Forgetting Curve, and How Do You Beat It?](https://getmiji.app/forgetting-curve.html)

The forgetting curve explained: what Ebbinghaus measured, what a modern repeat of his study found, and how to stop new words slipping away.

Updated September 17, 2026

## How-to

- [Why Flashcard Accuracy and Retention Statistics Disagree](https://getmiji.app/interpret-flashcard-retention-statistics.html)

Use a fictional review log to understand different success percentages, check what each counts, and decide whether your practice needs changing.

Updated October 17, 2026

- [How to Choose the Right Dictionary Meaning](https://getmiji.app/choose-correct-dictionary-meaning.html)

Find the meaning that fits your sentence using grammar and context. Try a bank sorting exercise with clues and an answer key.

Updated October 15, 2026

- [How to Use a Dictionary to Learn English Words](https://getmiji.app/use-a-dictionary-to-learn-english.html)

A dictionary teaches a word only if you come back to it. How to read a whole entry, and the simplest way to review what you looked up.

Updated September 17, 2026

- [How to Use Spaced Repetition for Vocabulary](https://getmiji.app/spaced-repetition-for-vocabulary.html)

Five steps for learning new words with spaced repetition: save the words you meet, ask them both ways, and let an app choose the day.

Updated September 17, 2026

- [How to Learn English Words from TV Shows and Movies](https://getmiji.app/learn-english-words-from-tv-and-movies.html)

Catch the word that stopped you: subtitles on, pause, read the meaning, save it, and answer it again over the next days.

Updated September 17, 2026

- [How to Learn English Vocabulary Fast](https://getmiji.app/learn-english-vocabulary-fast.html)

The fast way to learn English words: choose fewer words, answer them from memory, and stretch the gap before each next answer.

Updated September 17, 2026

## Alternatives

- [The Best Anki Alternatives for iPhone](https://getmiji.app/anki-alternatives-iphone.html)

The best Anki alternatives for iPhone, sorted by who makes your flashcards, with Miji for the English words you look up.

Updated September 17, 2026

## Best-of lists

- [The Best Spaced Repetition Apps for iPhone (2026)](https://getmiji.app/best-spaced-repetition-apps-iphone.html)

The best spaced repetition apps for iPhone, judged by how each one times your reviews, with Miji for the English words you look up.

Updated September 17, 2026

- [The Best Apps to Learn English Vocabulary (2026)](https://getmiji.app/best-apps-learn-english-vocabulary.html)

The best English vocabulary apps, sorted by where your words come from, with Miji for the ones you look up and forget.

Updated September 17, 2026

- [The Best Apps to Learn English Offline (2026)](https://getmiji.app/best-apps-learn-english-offline.html)

Which English apps work with no connection, taken from what each app's own store page claims, plus Miji's offline dictionary and practice.

Updated September 17, 2026