Key (engineering)

Key - mechanical machine element. Article "Key (engineering)" in English Wikipedia has 57.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 16 references and 17 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article "Key (engineering)" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Key (engineering)", its content was written by 82 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 395 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 41 times in English Wikipedia and cited 379 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #48046 in August 2007
• Global: #6042 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #99375 in February 2018
• Global: #62995 in November 2014

There are 24 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, 2025 (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) Key (engineering)		57.4694
2	French (fr) Clavette (mécanique)		49.6882
3	Croatian (hr) Pero (strojni dio)		37.8726
4	Chinese (zh) 鍵 (機械)		36.6776
5	Portuguese (pt) Chaveta (mecânica)		34.1552
6	Polish (pl) Wpust czółenkowy		26.2214
7	Ukrainian (uk) Шпонка		24.6825
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Pero (strojni dio)		23.5058
9	Kazakh (kk) Кілтек		23.3992
10	Arabic (ar) خابور (هندسة ميكانيكية)		23.1268

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Key (engineering)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Key (engineering)		1 255 542
2	German (de) Passfeder		903 250
3	Spanish (es) Chaveta		495 390
4	French (fr) Clavette (mécanique)		392 547
5	Russian (ru) Шпонка (деталь машин)		299 994
6	Japanese (ja) キー (機械要素)		229 489
7	Italian (it) Chiavetta (meccanica)		146 061
8	Portuguese (pt) Chaveta (mecânica)		130 386
9	Dutch (nl) Spie		126 554
10	Czech (cs) Pero (strojní součástka)		70 923

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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 "Key (engineering)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Key (engineering)		1 839
2	German (de) Passfeder		973
3	French (fr) Clavette (mécanique)		942
4	Russian (ru) Шпонка (деталь машин)		900
5	Spanish (es) Chaveta		739
6	Italian (it) Chiavetta (meccanica)		412
7	Chinese (zh) 鍵 (機械)		197
8	Dutch (nl) Spie		177
9	Czech (cs) Pero (strojní součástka)		175
10	Portuguese (pt) Chaveta (mecânica)		143

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Key (engineering)		82
2	German (de) Passfeder		68
3	French (fr) Clavette (mécanique)		48
4	Dutch (nl) Spie		32
5	Russian (ru) Шпонка (деталь машин)		26
6	Spanish (es) Chaveta		19
7	Italian (it) Chiavetta (meccanica)		18
8	Japanese (ja) キー (機械要素)		17
9	Portuguese (pt) Chaveta (mecânica)		12
10	Ukrainian (uk) Шпонка		9

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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 "Key (engineering)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Key (engineering)		3
2	Russian (ru) Шпонка (деталь машин)		1
3	Arabic (ar) خابور (هندسة ميكانيكية)		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) İşgil birləşməsi		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Шпонка		0
6	Catalan (ca) Xaveta		0
7	Czech (cs) Pero (strojní součástka)		0
8	German (de) Passfeder		0
9	Spanish (es) Chaveta		0
10	Basque (eu) Txabeta		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 "Key (engineering)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Italian (it) Chiavetta (meccanica)		85
2	French (fr) Clavette (mécanique)		46
3	English (en) Key (engineering)		41
4	German (de) Passfeder		34
5	Ukrainian (uk) Шпонка		27
6	Russian (ru) Шпонка (деталь машин)		22
7	Dutch (nl) Spie		21
8	Croatian (hr) Pero (strojni dio)		20
9	Spanish (es) Chaveta		14
10	Japanese (ja) キー (機械要素)		9

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic خابور (هندسة ميكانيكية)
az	Azerbaijani İşgil birləşməsi
bg	Bulgarian Шпонка
ca	Catalan Xaveta
cs	Czech Pero (strojní součástka)
de	German Passfeder
en	English Key (engineering)
es	Spanish Chaveta
eu	Basque Txabeta
fr	French Clavette (mécanique)
hr	Croatian Pero (strojni dio)
it	Italian Chiavetta (meccanica)
ja	Japanese キー (機械要素)
kk	Kazakh Кілтек
ko	Korean 키 (공학)
nl	Dutch Spie
pl	Polish Wpust czółenkowy
pt	Portuguese Chaveta (mecânica)
ru	Russian Шпонка (деталь машин)
sh	Serbo-Croatian Pero (strojni dio)
sk	Slovak Pero (spojovacia súčiastka)
ta	Tamil பிணைப்பி
uk	Ukrainian Шпонка
zh	Chinese 鍵 (機械)

Best Rank

English: #99375 02.2018

Global: #62995 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #48046 08.2007

Global: #6042 04.2004

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