Key (engineering)

Key - mechanical machine element. Article “Key (engineering)” in English Wikipedia has 57.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 16 references and 17 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. However, the most popular language version of this article is Russian.

In June 2026 the article “Key (engineering)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Key (engineering)”, its content was written by 85 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 405 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 34 times in English Wikipedia and cited 366 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #48081 in August 2007
• Global: #6050 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #99867 in February 2018
• Global: #63787 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, 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) Key (engineering)		57.3042
2	French (fr) Clavette (mécanique)		49.6218
3	Croatian (hr) Pero (strojni dio)		37.7941
4	Chinese (zh) 鍵 (機械)		34.8148
5	Portuguese (pt) Chaveta (mecânica)		34.0501
6	German (de) Passfeder		29.877
7	Polish (pl) Wpust czółenkowy		24.8414
8	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Pero (strojni dio)		23.6176
9	Ukrainian (uk) Шпонка		23.4932
10	Kazakh (kk) Кілтек		23.3986

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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)		1 272 226
2	German (de) Passfeder		917 566
3	Spanish (es) Chaveta		502 145
4	French (fr) Clavette (mécanique)		405 305
5	Russian (ru) Шпонка (деталь машин)		326 867
6	Japanese (ja) キー (機械要素)		231 349
7	Italian (it) Chiavetta (meccanica)		149 632
8	Portuguese (pt) Chaveta (mecânica)		131 621
9	Dutch (nl) Spie		128 475
10	Czech (cs) Pero (strojní součástka)		73 058

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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 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Russian (ru) Шпонка (деталь машин)		2 039
2	English (en) Key (engineering)		1 031
3	German (de) Passfeder		1 018
4	French (fr) Clavette (mécanique)		734
5	Spanish (es) Chaveta		411
6	Italian (it) Chiavetta (meccanica)		207
7	Chinese (zh) 鍵 (機械)		158
8	Dutch (nl) Spie		140
9	Japanese (ja) キー (機械要素)		121
10	Czech (cs) Pero (strojní součástka)		101

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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)		85
2	German (de) Passfeder		70
3	French (fr) Clavette (mécanique)		49
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	Catalan (ca) Xaveta		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 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Xaveta		1
2	German (de) Passfeder		1
3	English (en) Key (engineering)		1
4	Basque (eu) Txabeta		1
5	Croatian (hr) Pero (strojni dio)		1
6	Arabic (ar) خابور (هندسة ميكانيكية)		0
7	Azerbaijani (az) İşgil birləşməsi		0
8	Bulgarian (bg) Шпонка		0
9	Czech (cs) Pero (strojní součástka)		0
10	Spanish (es) Chaveta		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)		44
3	English (en) Key (engineering)		34
4	German (de) Passfeder		29
5	Ukrainian (uk) Шпонка		27
6	Russian (ru) Шпонка (деталь машин)		21
7	Croatian (hr) Pero (strojni dio)		20
8	Dutch (nl) Spie		20
9	Spanish (es) Chaveta		13
10	Japanese (ja) キー (機械要素)		10

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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: #99867 02.2018

Global: #63787 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #48081 08.2007

Global: #6050 01.2004

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