Grindstone

Grindstone - round sharpening stone used for grinding or sharpening ferrous tools. Article “Grindstone” in English Wikipedia has 39.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 10 references and 6 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Grindstone”, its content was written by 65 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 348 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 123 times in English Wikipedia and cited 672 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #68001 in October 2022
• Global: #26935 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #156419 in June 2026
• Global: #179636 in May 2009

There are 19 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	English (en) Grindstone		39.4348
2	German (de) Schleifstein		37.1021
3	Estonian (et) Käi		35.0923
4	Catalan (ca) Roda d'esmolar		34.353
5	Esperanto (eo) Akrigilo		23.8944
6	Swedish (sv) Slipsten		23.6462
7	Arabic (ar) حجر جلخ		22.4493
8	Japanese (ja) 砥石車		21.8655
9	Persian (fa) سنگ فرز		16.8836
10	Czech (cs) Brus		15.4708

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Grindstone		534 529
2	German (de) Schleifstein		281 978
3	Portuguese (pt) Rebolo		93 561
4	Turkish (tr) Zımpara taşı		54 387
5	Dutch (nl) Slijpsteen		50 117
6	Spanish (es) Afiladora		44 780
7	Swedish (sv) Slipsten		40 962
8	Norwegian (no) Slipestein		34 212
9	Japanese (ja) 砥石車		23 312
10	Czech (cs) Brus		18 895

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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 "Grindstone" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Grindstone		6 179
2	German (de) Schleifstein		454
3	Norwegian (no) Slipestein		87
4	Finnish (fi) Tahko (työkalu)		83
5	Dutch (nl) Slijpsteen		69
6	Persian (fa) سنگ فرز		67
7	Swedish (sv) Slipsten		67
8	Turkish (tr) Zımpara taşı		67
9	Portuguese (pt) Rebolo		51
10	Japanese (ja) 砥石車		43

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Schleifstein		109
2	English (en) Grindstone		65
3	Dutch (nl) Slijpsteen		31
4	Czech (cs) Brus		21
5	Turkish (tr) Zımpara taşı		19
6	Swedish (sv) Slipsten		17
7	Norwegian (no) Slipestein		13
8	Portuguese (pt) Rebolo		12
9	Estonian (et) Käi		11
10	Spanish (es) Afiladora		8

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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 "Grindstone" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) حجر جلخ		0
2	Catalan (ca) Roda d'esmolar		0
3	Czech (cs) Brus		0
4	German (de) Schleifstein		0
5	English (en) Grindstone		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Akrigilo		0
7	Spanish (es) Afiladora		0
8	Estonian (et) Käi		0
9	Persian (fa) سنگ فرز		0
10	Finnish (fi) Tahko (työkalu)		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 "Grindstone" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Swedish (sv) Slipsten		211
2	German (de) Schleifstein		163
3	English (en) Grindstone		123
4	Portuguese (pt) Rebolo		44
5	Dutch (nl) Slijpsteen		33
6	Norwegian (no) Slipestein		20
7	Czech (cs) Brus		14
8	Spanish (es) Afiladora		11
9	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Slipestein		11
10	Estonian (et) Käi		9

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حجر جلخ
ca	Catalan Roda d'esmolar
cs	Czech Brus
de	German Schleifstein
en	English Grindstone
eo	Esperanto Akrigilo
es	Spanish Afiladora
et	Estonian Käi
fa	Persian سنگ فرز
fi	Finnish Tahko (työkalu)
ja	Japanese 砥石車
nl	Dutch Slijpsteen
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Slipestein
no	Norwegian Slipestein
pl	Polish Ostrzarka
pt	Portuguese Rebolo
sv	Swedish Slipsten
ta	Tamil சாணைக்கல்
tr	Turkish Zımpara taşı

Best Rank

English: #156419 06.2026

Global: #179636 05.2009

Best Rank

English: #68001 10.2022

Global: #26935 12.2003

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