GET
/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/{pronunciation_dictionary_id}
ElevenLabs APIGet Metadata For A Pronunciation Dictionary
- Base URL
- https://api.elevenlabs.io
- Auth
- xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
- Last verified
- 2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched
Actions
Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
→ 164 tokens · Vary: Accept
→ 164 tokens · Vary: Accept
Critical gotchas
Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.
cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/pronunciation-dictionaries/pronunciation-dictionary-id' \ -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"Get a free ElevenLabs API key → sponsored
Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronunciation_dictionary_id | path | string | Yes | The id of the pronunciation dictionary |
Response 200 OK
{
"created_by": "ar6633Es2kUjFXBdR1iVc9ztsXl1",
"creation_time_unix": 1714156800,
"description": "This is a test dictionary",
"id": "5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLrJ",
"latest_version_id": "5xM3yVvZQKV0EfqQpLr2",
"latest_version_rules_num": 2,
"name": "My Dictionary",
"permission_on_resource": "admin",
"rules": [
{
"alias": "tie-land",
"string_to_replace": "Thailand",
"type": "alias"
},
{
"alphabet": "ipa",
"phoneme": "/təˈmeɪtoʊ/",
"string_to_replace": "Tomato",
"type": "phoneme"
}
]
}