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Report Summary

  • 44

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    63% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 61% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

dictionary.co.uk

Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words

Page Load Speed

1 sec in total

First Response

36 ms

Resources Loaded

454 ms

Page Rendered

531 ms

dictionary.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Visit dictionary.co.uk now to see the best up-to-date Dictionary content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about dictionary.co.uk

The world’s leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences, word games, and more. A trusted authority for 25+ years!

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Key Findings

We analyzed Dictionary.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 36 ms and then it took 985 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

dictionary.co.uk performance score

44

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.3 s

73/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

87/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.3 s

2/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,090 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value38.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.dictionary.com

36 ms

css2

45 ms

otSDKStub.js

55 ms

launch-c9de4f1040cd.min.js

79 ms

v1

8 ms

Our browser made a total of 37 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Dictionary.co.uk, 19% (7 requests) were made to Dictionary.com and 16% (6 requests) were made to Restcdn.staging.dictionary.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (252 ms) relates to the external source Googletagmanager.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 518.8 kB (38%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

832.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Dictionary.co.uk main page is 1.4 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 829.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 169.7 kB

  • Original 211.8 kB
  • After minification 211.4 kB
  • After compression 42.1 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 169.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 44.2 kB

  • Original 309.2 kB
  • After minification 265.0 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Dictionary needs image optimization as it can save up to 44.2 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-37%

Potential reduce by 304.5 kB

  • Original 829.9 kB
  • After minification 829.8 kB
  • After compression 525.3 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 304.5 kB or 37% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 321 B

  • Original 544 B
  • After minification 544 B
  • After compression 223 B

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Dictionary.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 321 B or 59% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 12 (50%)

Requests Now

24

After Optimization

12

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 24 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Dictionary. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.dictionary.com

www.dictionary.com

36 ms

css2

css2

45 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

55 ms

launch-c9de4f1040cd.min.js

launch-c9de4f1040cd.min.js

79 ms

v1

v1

8 ms

recurly.js

recurly.js

97 ms

recurly.css

recurly.css

94 ms

OneSignalSDK.page.js

OneSignalSDK.page.js

78 ms

enterprise.js

enterprise.js

78 ms

runtime.9a504b8a.js

runtime.9a504b8a.js

23 ms

vendor.8b67e0e8.js

vendor.8b67e0e8.js

75 ms

client.4bdb4839.js

client.4bdb4839.js

73 ms

9d2f702e-426c-4de5-ac78-0c73a7f21691.json

9d2f702e-426c-4de5-ac78-0c73a7f21691.json

40 ms

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20240417_taurus_1920x1080.jpg

120 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

252 ms

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ab34ff65bbd3138890c7.svg

20 ms

e8d8d7d566d7f7f23acd.svg

e8d8d7d566d7f7f23acd.svg

21 ms

daily-crossword.png

daily-crossword.png

120 ms

hurdle.png

hurdle.png

129 ms

word-puzzle.png

word-puzzle.png

131 ms

word-wipe.png

word-wipe.png

139 ms

newsletter.png

newsletter.png

141 ms

LFTEtica-Regular.woff

LFTEtica-Regular.woff

110 ms

LFTEtica-Book.woff

LFTEtica-Book.woff

119 ms

LFTEtica-Light.woff

LFTEtica-Light.woff

131 ms

LFTEtica-Semibold.woff

LFTEtica-Semibold.woff

250 ms

LFTEtica-Bold.woff

LFTEtica-Bold.woff

140 ms

LFTEtica-Extrabold.woff

LFTEtica-Extrabold.woff

137 ms

location

location

225 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

54 ms

otBannerSdk.js

otBannerSdk.js

33 ms

LFTEticaSheriff-Regular.woff

LFTEticaSheriff-Regular.woff

8 ms

LFTEticaSheriff-Book.woff

LFTEticaSheriff-Book.woff

30 ms

LFTEticaSheriff-Light.woff

LFTEticaSheriff-Light.woff

9 ms

LFTEticaSheriff-Semibd.woff

LFTEticaSheriff-Semibd.woff

10 ms

LFTEticaSheriff-Bold.woff

LFTEticaSheriff-Bold.woff

8 ms

LFTEticaSheriff-Xbold.woff

LFTEticaSheriff-Xbold.woff

9 ms

Accessibility Review

dictionary.co.uk accessibility score

86

Accessibility Issues

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

dictionary.co.uk best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

dictionary.co.uk SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Dictionary.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Dictionary.co.uk main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

dictionary.co.uk

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Dictionary. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: