LEXIBOOK, The Collins English Dictionary, Definitions, Thesaurus, Grammar, Phonetic Spellchecker, with Battery, Blue/Grey, D650EN

Multi-functional pocket-sized digital dictionary/thesaurus/calculator etc

I was really excited when this arrived today as I have other Lexibook products, and was initially pleased, but on further use, I am disappointed. Of four words I typed in for their meaning, three were not in the word bank; it cannot deal with the common nine letter anagram; even though the text can be adjusted, the screen is too small. It is attractive looking, easy to use and has clear instructions, but for the money it is not as useful as the Oxford or Franklin/Collins range.

Good value for money helps me wi ma spelling and look up words I've never heard and then explain their meaning bloody marvelous for this ,79 yr auld never too auld to learn

Having had this item for a few weeks and been disappointed I have just searched for the very simple word 'reset' and it was not recognised which tipped me over the edge in to writing this review. This product has failed to contain numerous mainstream words and consequently it is actually useless for the purpose claimed and I can't recall it having been able to offer anything in its thesaurus for any word I have entered. Don't buy this item.

I would recommend buying it. Not everything is there but it is very handy especially if you don't want your kids to search on google all the time.

a useful machine but perhaps the contrast adjuster could be a bit better.

I bought this product from Amazon on 20 Nov 2022. But today the product started misbehaving. Any time I type a word in the dictionary box and press the Enter key the word disappears. No meaning just the word disappearing. I have powered the off button multiple times and also press reset buttons but nothing seems to work. This is being used by a 9 year old so it is very frustrating.

Item as described

1 am comparing this dictionary to the, unfortunately discontued, Sharp PW -300 dictionary, that has partly malfunctioned after many years of usage. If tha Sharp was a Rolls - Royce then the Lexibook D650EN- 09 is equal to a three wheel bicycle. It is a dictionary, in my opinion, for very small children just learning English. It has such a small number of words in its memory. I get so many messages that the word I have chosen is not available. I use the dictionary for spelling and infomation as to the words origin. The sharp can tell you more information about the word that you would care to know. Lexibook gives little or no examples to explain the words meaning. Unfortunately one does not know how bad a device like this is until you begin to use it. Normally I would return this item, but once the Sharp's dictionary finally expires, what is there to replace it. The Lexibook is more than a dicionary, if it had spent more effort on the dictionay and less on the other features it may have become a better dictionary.

Easy to use and my wife likes it

Disappointed with this. Doesn’t recognize words to spell for my gr 3 granddaughter, When typing in a phonetically it doesn’t recocognise basic words. They would take it back but the return address is in England. I have to pay postage…..this would cost as much as the device…. Think before you purchase if you live on a different continent than Europe.

Good for my daughter

Besides coming damaged I tried it out and I felt like you had to get pretty close to the actual spelling of a word rather than phonetic spelling. I put in “tho” for the word “though” and it didn’t suggest it. I put in “cood” for “could” and it didn’t get that one either. It did get “what” when I put in “wut” but it was fairly far down on the suggestion list. I didn’t try other features because it was too damaged to navigate options. I got it for my 5th grader who has a tough time with spelling and I don’t think it will be the right fit for my phonetic speller.