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False etymology

Quality:

False etymology - popularly held but false belief about the origin or derivation of a specific word. Article "False etymology" in English Wikipedia has 23.7 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 9 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in Spanish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In July 2024 the article "False etymology" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "False etymology", its content was written by 217 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 257 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 278 times in English Wikipedia and cited 503 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2007 in January 2005
  • Global: #2491 in January 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #109426 in January 2008
  • Global: #134617 in August 2009

There are 8 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Spanish (es)
Etimología popular
30.1718
2Russian (ru)
Псевдоэтимология
27.2015
3English (en)
False etymology
23.6868
4French (fr)
Fausse étymologie
23.2092
5Arabic (ar)
تأثيل خاطئ
20.5312
6Basque (eu)
Herri-etimologia
17.9212
7Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Lažna etimologija
13.5963
8Persian (fa)
ریشه‌شناسی نادرست
1.068
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "False etymology" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
False etymology
807 780
2Spanish (es)
Etimología popular
286 081
3French (fr)
Fausse étymologie
6 707
4Russian (ru)
Псевдоэтимология
4 468
5Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Lažna etimologija
1 476
6Arabic (ar)
تأثيل خاطئ
964
7Persian (fa)
ریشه‌شناسی نادرست
65
8Basque (eu)
Herri-etimologia
42
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "False etymology" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
False etymology
3 665
2Spanish (es)
Etimología popular
681
3Russian (ru)
Псевдоэтимология
156
4French (fr)
Fausse étymologie
66
5Arabic (ar)
تأثيل خاطئ
21
6Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Lažna etimologija
11
7Basque (eu)
Herri-etimologia
9
8Persian (fa)
ریشه‌شناسی نادرست
7
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "False etymology" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
False etymology
217
2Spanish (es)
Etimología popular
25
3French (fr)
Fausse étymologie
4
4Russian (ru)
Псевдоэтимология
4
5Arabic (ar)
تأثيل خاطئ
2
6Basque (eu)
Herri-etimologia
2
7Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Lažna etimologija
2
8Persian (fa)
ریشه‌شناسی نادرست
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in July 2024

Language versions of the article "False etymology" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
False etymology
1
2Arabic (ar)
تأثيل خاطئ
0
3Spanish (es)
Etimología popular
0
4Basque (eu)
Herri-etimologia
0
5Persian (fa)
ریشه‌شناسی نادرست
0
6French (fr)
Fausse étymologie
0
7Russian (ru)
Псевдоэтимология
0
8Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Lažna etimologija
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "False etymology" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
False etymology
278
2Spanish (es)
Etimología popular
178
3Russian (ru)
Псевдоэтимология
19
4French (fr)
Fausse étymologie
15
5Arabic (ar)
تأثيل خاطئ
6
6Basque (eu)
Herri-etimologia
3
7Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Lažna etimologija
3
8Persian (fa)
ریشه‌شناسی نادرست
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تأثيل خاطئ
enEnglish
False etymology
esSpanish
Etimología popular
euBasque
Herri-etimologia
faPersian
ریشه‌شناسی نادرست
frFrench
Fausse étymologie
ruRussian
Псевдоэтимология
shSerbo-Croatian
Lažna etimologija

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#109426
01.2008
Global:
#134617
08.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2007
01.2005
Global:
#2491
01.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on False etymology from Wikipedia articles about The real McCoy, Backronym, Folk etymology, Sabotage and For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. Whereas reading the article about False etymology people most often go to Wikipedia articles on List of common false etymologies of English words, Folk etymology, Controversies about the word niggardly, Chinese word for "crisis" and Backronym.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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