Instant answers
Some questions don't need a web search. Type 2+2, 12 ft in m, or time in tokyo and Suede
answers directly at the top of the results page — instantly, and entirely on Suede. The question
is never sent to any third party to be answered, and instant answers add nothing to what Suede
retains: they are computed in-process, in microseconds, and forgotten with the request.
What can be answered
| Family | Try |
|---|---|
| Calculator (incl. percentages) | (18*4)+2 · 15% of 80 · 12 is what percent of 80 |
| Unit conversion | 12 ft in m · 32 c to f · 100 kib to kb · 5.5 l/100km to mpg |
| Currency | 100 usd to eur · $25 in gbp |
| Dictionary | define serendipity · what does ephemeral mean · colours definition |
| World time (the flagship) | time in tokyo · 3pm est to ist · time difference between tokyo and paris |
| Dates | days until dec 25 · what day of the week is 2026-12-25 · is 2028 a leap year |
| Sun & moon | sunrise in tokyo · moon phase |
| Math extras | gcd 48 18 · prime factors of 360 · average of 3 5 8 |
| Text & encodings | sha256 of hello · base64 hello · word count of … · morse sos |
| Reference | neon element · http 418 · calling code for japan · #ff6600 |
| Generators | qr https://suede.io · uuid · password · roll a die |
| Everyday | timer 10 minutes · tip 18% on 62 · bmi 70kg 1.8m |
| Numbers | 0x1f in decimal · 2026 in roman numerals · unix time |
Everything works in all six interface languages — 12 fuß in meter, dias hasta navidad,
東京の時間 — with each language's own number formats (3,5 km parses as three and a half in
German, Spanish and French).
The world clock
time in tokyo and london and utc shows every place on one card: local time and date, the UTC
offset, a DST badge, a day/night glyph, tomorrow/yesterday chips when a place is across midnight,
the next DST change, and a 24-hour strip that shades each place's business hours so overlap is
visible at a glance. Conversions handle DST edge cases honestly: a time skipped by spring-forward
rolls to the next valid time, and a time that occurs twice takes the earlier — each with a note.
The dictionary
define serendipity, what does ephemeral mean, or simply serendipity meaning opens a dictionary
card: the headword with its IPA pronunciation, senses grouped by part of speech, and an example
where the source has one. Each language looks words up in its own Wiktionary edition — tens of
thousands of the most-searched words per language — an inflected form finds its base word
(colours → colour), and every card links back to the source entry. In Arabic, definitions
currently appear in English and the card says so: no machine-readable Arabic edition exists yet.
The speaker button pronounces the word: a native recording where one exists — fetched through Suede, so your browser never contacts Wikimedia — or your device's own voice otherwise. The recording's author and license are shown on the card.
Honest by design
- Sun questions need a named place (
sunrise in tokyo) — Suede never assumes your location. - Currency uses the European Central Bank's daily reference rates; every card shows the rate date, and a stale snapshot is labeled as such. Informational only.
- Definitions come from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0 — every dictionary card links its source entry, and each recording is credited with its author and license.
- Pronunciation audio is fetched through Suede: your browser never contacts Wikimedia, and nothing about you is forwarded upstream.
my ipandmy user agentshow what your browser sent — displayed to you, stored nowhere.- An answer never replaces your results — the web results always render below the card.
Turning it off
Instant answers are on by default. Turn them off in Settings → Search → Web → Instant answers; the results page then never consults the answer engine.