Leeway

Leeway - physics term; amount of drift motion to leeward of an object floating in the water caused by the component of the wind vector that is perpendicular to the object’s forward motion. Article “Leeway” in English Wikipedia has 45.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 29 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 “Leeway”, its content was written by 30 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 231 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 45 times in English Wikipedia and cited 510 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #136009 in October 2008
• Global: #32470 in February 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #250485 in January 2008
• Global: #212028 in November 2008

There are 16 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) Leeway		45.101
2	Catalan (ca) Abatiment		40.3476
3	Ukrainian (uk) Кут зносу		23.8895
4	Russian (ru) Угол сноса		22.0894
5	Persian (fa) کج‌راهی		17.7669
6	Portuguese (pt) Abatimento		16.3702
7	Finnish (fi) Sorto (veneily)		13.4669
8	Bulgarian (bg) Дрейф		12.3748
9	French (fr) Dérive (écart)		10.7444
10	German (de) Abdrift		9.248

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Leeway		274 370
2	Spanish (es) Abatimiento		193 556
3	German (de) Abdrift		106 021
4	Polish (pl) Dryf (żegluga)		88 369
5	Italian (it) Deriva (cinematica)		43 956
6	French (fr) Dérive (écart)		34 557
7	Russian (ru) Угол сноса		31 908
8	Bulgarian (bg) Дрейф		27 520
9	Dutch (nl) Drift (schip)		21 702
10	Portuguese (pt) Abatimento		19 456

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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 "Leeway" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Leeway		738
2	Bulgarian (bg) Дрейф		506
3	German (de) Abdrift		242
4	Polish (pl) Dryf (żegluga)		140
5	Spanish (es) Abatimiento		124
6	Russian (ru) Угол сноса		98
7	French (fr) Dérive (écart)		75
8	Italian (it) Deriva (cinematica)		75
9	Dutch (nl) Drift (schip)		47
10	Portuguese (pt) Abatimento		47

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Abdrift		43
2	English (en) Leeway		30
3	Spanish (es) Abatimiento		30
4	Italian (it) Deriva (cinematica)		19
5	Dutch (nl) Drift (schip)		19
6	French (fr) Dérive (écart)		17
7	Polish (pl) Dryf (żegluga)		16
8	Swedish (sv) Avdrift		11
9	Portuguese (pt) Abatimento		10
10	Catalan (ca) Abatiment		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 "Leeway" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Bulgarian (bg) Дрейф		0
2	Catalan (ca) Abatiment		0
3	Danish (da) Afdrift (sejlads)		0
4	German (de) Abdrift		0
5	English (en) Leeway		0
6	Spanish (es) Abatimiento		0
7	Persian (fa) کج‌راهی		0
8	Finnish (fi) Sorto (veneily)		0
9	French (fr) Dérive (écart)		0
10	Italian (it) Deriva (cinematica)		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 "Leeway" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	German (de) Abdrift		117
2	French (fr) Dérive (écart)		70
3	Polish (pl) Dryf (żegluga)		65
4	Catalan (ca) Abatiment		52
5	English (en) Leeway		45
6	Bulgarian (bg) Дрейф		39
7	Italian (it) Deriva (cinematica)		35
8	Dutch (nl) Drift (schip)		20
9	Swedish (sv) Avdrift		14
10	Portuguese (pt) Abatimento		13

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Дрейф
ca	Catalan Abatiment
da	Danish Afdrift (sejlads)
de	German Abdrift
en	English Leeway
es	Spanish Abatimiento
fa	Persian کج‌راهی
fi	Finnish Sorto (veneily)
fr	French Dérive (écart)
it	Italian Deriva (cinematica)
nl	Dutch Drift (schip)
pl	Polish Dryf (żegluga)
pt	Portuguese Abatimento
ru	Russian Угол сноса
sv	Swedish Avdrift
uk	Ukrainian Кут зносу

Best Rank

English: #250485 01.2008

Global: #212028 11.2008

Best Rank

English: #136009 10.2008

Global: #32470 02.2005

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