Meet, retrieve both ways, return
New words appear in small groups. Practise from the target word to its meaning and from the meaning back to the target word. The question sequence should not rely on memorising list positions. Difficult items return; one correct answer does not establish lasting learning.
What does FSRS do?
FSRS is an open-source scheduler that uses review history to calculate intervals. Vocabee starts with a retention target of 0.90. This is a scheduler setting, not a guarantee that each learner will remember 90% of the words. Immediate corrective practice and independent recall on a later day are different signals.
Separate research findings from product choices
Retrieval practice and distributed study are supported by research. Those studies do not independently validate Vocabee itself. Ten-word groups, roughly fifty-entry units and question-display choices are product decisions, not universal scientific constants.
There is no single forgetting curve that determines every learner’s result. Material, prior knowledge, elapsed time and learning conditions all matter.
Are multiple-choice questions enough?
Selecting the correct meaning trains recognition. Recalling without options, writing and speaking make different demands. Vocabee’s written practice helps you work on part of that gap; it does not replace actual conversation.