Different icons can be found in the web browser version of WordDive. The point of the icons is to give a hint about the part of speech of the study item. There are small differences in how parts of speech are taught in different languages, but on a general level, these are the ones used:
| Icon | Part of Speech | Examples |
 | noun name of a thing What? | la manzana (apple), el niño (boy), Nueva York (New York) |
 | adjective a quality of a thing What kind? | rojo (red), redondo (round), curvado (curved) |
 | pronoun a substitute for a noun or an adjective | El niño corre. El tiene once años. The boy is running. He is eleven years old. ¿Quién eres? Who are you? |
 | numeral number or amount How many? | uno (one) cien (one hundred) quinto (fifth) |
 | verb doing, being or happening What is happening or being done? | correr (run), saltar (jump), llover (rain) |
 | other1 adverb, particle or adposition | adverb: Ella lo hizo rápidamente. (She did it rapidly.) particle: rojo y azul (red and blue) adposition: al otro lado del puente (across the bridge) |
 | abbreviation2 shortened form of a word or phrase | PIB (producto interior bruto, GNP i.e. gross national product) IVA (impuesto sobre el valor añadido, VAT i.e. value added tax) |
 | expression2 typical way to express something | ¡Hola! (Hello!) ¿Cómo estás? (How are you?) ¿Cuánto cuesta esto? (How much is this?) |
 | grammar2 a rule of the language | el mejor (best, superlative of the adjective ’good’) los dientes (teeth, plural of the noun ’tooth’) |
 | character2 a letter, syllable or meaning | a (Latin letter ’a’) ф (Cyrillic letter ’ef’) あ (hiragana character ’a’) 字 (kanji character ’JI, aza’) |
 | uncountable noun a word meaning a substance or a concept, can't go together with a numeral | mjöl (flour), musik (music), kärlek (love) |
- It is not necessary to know all the parts of speech when starting to study a new language. This is why smaller parts of speech have been combined. Here is a short description for those who are interested:
- Adverb modifies the verb or the whole sentence. Typically, an adverb describes time, place, reason, manner or method.
- Particles are function words (such as yet, however, anyway). In WordDive, interjections (hi, hello) are included in expressions, even though they are particles as well.
- Adposition expresses the relation of a thing or being to another thing or being. An adposition that comes before its complement is called a preposition (before Monday) and an adposition that comes after its complement is called a postposition (the storm last night).
- Character, abbreviation, expression and grammar are not officially parts of speech. They are specific to the WordDive service and are meant to facilitate learning.