AnkiWeb addon 635808794
Adds a matching-based review mode with independently shuffled two- or three-column fields, optional audio, keyboard controls, and a separate Speedrun challenge that leaves Anki scheduling data untouched.
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| Min Anki | Max Anki | Updated |
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| 2.1.1 | + | 2026-08-12 |
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Provides supplemental Anki practice through customizable multiple-choice, matching, and written questions plus card lists, with configurable templates, subsets, groups, timers, sounds, and session stats.
Automatically rates typed answers as hard, good, or easy based on configurable response-time thresholds, with options for handling mismatches, multiple answer fields, and confirming ratings.
Creates unordered lists whose items display in random order on each front-side review, using a toolbar button or Ctrl+Shift+U on highlighted text.
Adds two deck-based study mini-games—Memory Flip matching face-down pairs and Line Match connecting fronts to backs—with configurable grids, timings, and optional due-card review.
Adds multiple-choice, single-choice, and Kprim question cards to Anki, reviewable across platforms, with configurable answer styling and automatic correctness highlighting.
Turns existing Anki decks into a free, customizable study experience with six interactive modes, XP and combos, progress tracking, themes, images and optional sound.
Word Matching Review adds a fast, matching-based review mode to Anki.
In the regular review mode, Anki's scheduler and FSRS remain fully in control. Several fields are displayed simultaneously and shuffled independently, and your task is to reconnect the fields that belong to the same Anki card.
Word Matching Review supports both two-column and optional three-column matching.
V8.2 also introduces a separate Speedrun Mode for whole-deck matching challenges without changing any Anki scheduling data.
Select a deck and note type, then choose which note fields should be used for matching.
You can configure:
Matching and audio settings are remembered for the selected deck and note type.
The regular mode displays two independently shuffled columns.
For example:
Japanese word → Meaning
or
Question → Answer
Select one item from each column. If both belong to the same Anki card, the pair is removed.
An optional third matching field can be enabled.
All three columns are shuffled independently and all three selected items must belong to the same card.
For Japanese vocabulary, this allows setups such as:
Kanji / written form → Kana reading → Meaning
This adds another association layer between orthography, pronunciation and meaning instead of simply increasing the number of visible cards.
The mode is not limited to languages. Other examples include:
Country → Capital → Currency
Chemical element → Symbol → Atomic number
Term → Definition → Example
Disable the third column at any time to return to regular two-column matching.
Speedrun Mode works completely separately from Anki's normal review scheduling.
Instead of using today's due queue, it creates a challenge from the complete selected deck and note type.
No Anki progress is written during a Speedrun:
A single incorrect combination immediately ends the run.
A successful run continues until the complete available Speedrun pool has been matched.
At the end of the run, Word Matching Review displays statistics such as completion time, correct matches and completed rounds.
Ordered keeps a stable deck-wide card order between runs.
The same cards therefore form the same matching groups as far as possible.
The positions inside Column 1, Column 2 and optional Column 3 are still shuffled independently every round.
Randomized additionally shuffles the complete deck-wide card order before the run starts.
This means that the cards grouped together in each round will usually differ between separate runs.
The matching columns themselves are then shuffled independently as usual.
Speedrun Mode works with both two-column and three-column matching.
Regular Word Matching Review does not implement its own scheduling system.
It works with Anki's current scheduler queue.
If there are not enough suitable cards left to create another complete matching group, Word Matching stops and leaves the remaining cards to Anki's regular reviewer.
Audio can be read from any selected note field containing Anki [sound:filename] references.
You can choose when the audio should play:
The audio field itself does not need to be one of the visible matching fields.
This makes setups such as
Kanji → Kana → Meaning + pronunciation audio
possible without requiring an additional visible column.
Missing or invalid audio files are ignored silently.
1–N selects the next active column0 clears the current selectionTraditional Anki reviews usually require relatively unrestricted recall. Matching provides visible alternatives and therefore moves the task more toward cued recall / recognition.
This makes individual answers somewhat easier, so the regular Word Matching mode is primarily intended as an alternative review mode for material that is already reasonably familiar, rather than a complete replacement for traditional recall.
The trade-off is faster interaction, simultaneous discrimination between multiple answers and a more game-like review format that may make larger review sessions more engaging.
Three-column matching increases the number of relationships that need to be considered at once. This can be particularly useful for Japanese, where the written form, reading and meaning of a word represent distinct pieces of knowledge.
Speedrun Mode adds a different challenge: instead of optimizing review scheduling, it tests whether an entire deck can be matched without a single incorrect combination.
Install the add-on from AnkiWeb and restart Anki.
Then open:
Tools → Word Matching Review
The add-on currently targets Anki Desktop.
The complete source code and release history are available on GitHub:
https://github.com/Ashikawa-P/Anki-Word-Matching-review