French curve

French curve - template made from metal, wood or plastic composed of many different curves; used in manual drafting to draw smooth curves of varying radii. Article “French curve” in English Wikipedia has 13.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 4 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.44 points.

This article has the best quality in Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “French curve”, its content was written by 66 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 360 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 78 times in English Wikipedia and cited 621 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #20341 in December 2003
• Global: #29141 in December 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #85060 in December 2013
• Global: #96859 in December 2013

There are 26 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 July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Kurvelinjal		33.1184
2	Chinese (zh) 云形尺		31.6875
3	Catalan (ca) Plantilla Burmester		31.5381
4	Estonian (et) Lekaal		25.1898
5	Ukrainian (uk) Лекало		22.6152
6	Dutch (nl) Afrondingsmal		22.3581
7	Kazakh (kk) Сызбаүлгі		22.0498
8	Arabic (ar) مسطرة المنحنيات		21.7467
9	Portuguese (pt) Curva francesa		18.1246
10	Polish (pl) Krzywik		17.2229

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "French curve" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) French curve		1 015 375
2	Russian (ru) Лекало		468 890
3	Japanese (ja) 雲形定規		149 176
4	Polish (pl) Krzywik		145 967
5	Spanish (es) Plantillas Burmester		106 590
6	German (de) Kurvenlineal		92 652
7	French (fr) Pistolet (dessin)		66 520
8	Italian (it) Curvilineo		61 723
9	Turkish (tr) Pistole		34 363
10	Ukrainian (uk) Лекало		32 601

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "French curve" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) French curve		2 246
2	Russian (ru) Лекало		537
3	Japanese (ja) 雲形定規		250
4	German (de) Kurvenlineal		124
5	Polish (pl) Krzywik		120
6	French (fr) Pistolet (dessin)		114
7	Chinese (zh) 云形尺		107
8	Spanish (es) Plantillas Burmester		97
9	Hungarian (hu) Burmester-készlet		65
10	Ukrainian (uk) Лекало		65

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "French curve" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) French curve		66
2	Russian (ru) Лекало		46
3	German (de) Kurvenlineal		40
4	French (fr) Pistolet (dessin)		23
5	Italian (it) Curvilineo		20
6	Polish (pl) Krzywik		20
7	Japanese (ja) 雲形定規		19
8	Turkish (tr) Pistole		18
9	Dutch (nl) Afrondingsmal		17
10	Czech (cs) Křivítko		13

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "French curve" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Kurvelinjal		2
2	Arabic (ar) مسطرة المنحنيات		0
3	Catalan (ca) Plantilla Burmester		0
4	Czech (cs) Křivítko		0
5	German (de) Kurvenlineal		0
6	Greek (el) Γαλλική καμπύλη		0
7	English (en) French curve		0
8	Spanish (es) Plantillas Burmester		0
9	Estonian (et) Lekaal		0
10	Persian (fa) پیستوله		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "French curve" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Polish (pl) Krzywik		117
2	Ukrainian (uk) Лекало		93
3	Italian (it) Curvilineo		89
4	English (en) French curve		78
5	Chinese (zh) 云形尺		38
6	Catalan (ca) Plantilla Burmester		35
7	French (fr) Pistolet (dessin)		34
8	Russian (ru) Лекало		32
9	Persian (fa) پیستوله		25
10	Japanese (ja) 雲形定規		16

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مسطرة المنحنيات
ca	Catalan Plantilla Burmester
cs	Czech Křivítko
de	German Kurvenlineal
el	Greek Γαλλική καμπύλη
en	English French curve
es	Spanish Plantillas Burmester
et	Estonian Lekaal
fa	Persian پیستوله
fr	French Pistolet (dessin)
hi	Hindi फ्रेंच वक्र
hu	Hungarian Burmester-készlet
it	Italian Curvilineo
ja	Japanese 雲形定規
kk	Kazakh Сызбаүлгі
ko	Korean 운형자
nl	Dutch Afrondingsmal
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Kurvelinjal
pl	Polish Krzywik
pt	Portuguese Curva francesa
ro	Romanian Florar (instrument de desen)
ru	Russian Лекало
sv	Swedish Burmesterschabloner
tr	Turkish Pistole
uk	Ukrainian Лекало
zh	Chinese 云形尺

Best Rank

English: #85060 12.2013

Global: #96859 12.2013

Best Rank

English: #20341 12.2003

Global: #29141 12.2009

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