Hyphenate Words

AnkiWeb addon 1140138750

Hyphenates words in a selected Anki editor field via a button, customizable keyboard shortcut, or optional experimental automatic hyphenation on note saves.
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Votes: 8 (👍 7 · 👎 1)
Updated: 2025-03-13
Anki versions: 25.02~
License: GPL-3.0 (from the GitHub repository)
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Languages: JSON, Ignore List, CSV, Python, Prolog, MATLAB, Makefile, Shell
Description language: en

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Last update or commit: 2026-10-26 (6 days before the snapshot).
Test files: 1.
GitHub Actions workflows: 3.
Commits in the last year: 9.
Issues: 0 open, 3 closed.
Pull requests: 6 open, 27 merged.
Median first response: 15 hours (1 answered issues and pull requests).

GitHub

Repository: gregorias/anki-word-hyphenator · more by gregorias
Stars: ⭐ 5 · forks 0 · open issues 6
Last commit: 2026-10-26
License: GPL-3.0
Languages: Python, Shell, JavaScript
Tests: 1

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Min Anki	Max Anki	Updated
2.1.20	23.10	2023-11-03
23.10.1	25.02+	2025-03-13

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Description

An Anki plugin that hyphenates words.

Use

Select a field that you want to hyphenate.
Press CTRL+- or click on the hyphenation button added by the plugin.

Configuration This plugin allows you to configure:

the keyboard shortcut (default is CTRL+-)
whether to apply hyphenation on note changes (experimental) (default is false)

Feedback If you have any suggestions, let me know at this plugin’s GitHub. I use the plugin, and I’m open to improving it.

README

Anki Word Hyphenator

An Anki plugin that hyphenates words during editing.

a GIF showing Hyphenator at work

Installation

From AnkiWeb

You can install directly from AnkiWeb using Anki’s addon management.

From GitHub Releases

You can fetch an addon package from the GitHub Releases tab.

From Source

Run package from the main directory. This will create wordhyphenator.ankiaddon.
Import wordhyphenator.ankiaddon in Anki.

🚀 Usage

Write some text in a field.
Press CTRL+- (on macOS, ⌘+-) or click this add-on’s button in the editor’s button bar.

⚙️ Configuration

The addon accepts the following configuration options:

shortcut (default: "ctrl+-" or "cmd+-") — The keyboard shortcut for the hyphenation action.
apply_on_note_flush (default: false) — Whether to apply the hyphenation action on note saves. This feature is experimental. Let the maintainer know if there any issues.