Optimality theory

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Optimality theory

Quality:

Optimality theory - linguistic model proposing that the observed forms of language arise from the optimal satisfaction of conflicting constraints. Article "Optimality theory" in English Wikipedia has 47.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 38 references and 15 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

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 "Optimality theory" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Optimality theory", its content was written by 117 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 325 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 70 times in English Wikipedia and cited 215 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4449 in September 2002
  • Global: #6289 in September 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #193098 in October 2014
  • Global: #259404 in April 2008

There are 21 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Optimality theory
47.8751
2Chinese (zh)
優選理論
35.5594
3German (de)
Optimalitätstheorie
34.9733
4Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Optimalitetsteori
31.7491
5Korean (ko)
최적성 이론
27.2143
6Arabic (ar)
نظرية المفاضلة
24.7228
7Tamil (ta)
உகப்புக் கோட்பாடு
22.8752
8Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da otimidade
19.2768
9Hebrew (he)
תאוריית האופטימליות
18.1646
10Norwegian (no)
Optimalitetsteori
17.637
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Optimality theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Optimality theory
607 832
2German (de)
Optimalitätstheorie
58 676
3Spanish (es)
Teoría de la optimidad
45 643
4Japanese (ja)
最適性理論
44 702
5Korean (ko)
최적성 이론
24 012
6Chinese (zh)
優選理論
23 754
7Russian (ru)
Теория оптимальности в лингвистике
21 332
8Dutch (nl)
Optimaliteitstheorie
15 802
9Persian (fa)
نظریه بهینگی
15 247
10French (fr)
Théorie de l'optimalité
7 248
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Optimality theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Optimality theory
2 343
2Japanese (ja)
最適性理論
258
3Chinese (zh)
優選理論
100
4German (de)
Optimalitätstheorie
88
5Spanish (es)
Teoría de la optimidad
81
6Korean (ko)
최적성 이론
79
7Russian (ru)
Теория оптимальности в лингвистике
68
8Persian (fa)
نظریه بهینگی
60
9Dutch (nl)
Optimaliteitstheorie
48
10Arabic (ar)
نظرية المفاضلة
34
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Optimality theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Optimality theory
117
2German (de)
Optimalitätstheorie
51
3Dutch (nl)
Optimaliteitstheorie
24
4Russian (ru)
Теория оптимальности в лингвистике
19
5Japanese (ja)
最適性理論
15
6Korean (ko)
최적성 이론
14
7French (fr)
Théorie de l'optimalité
12
8Hebrew (he)
תאוריית האופטימליות
11
9Chinese (zh)
優選理論
10
10Norwegian (no)
Optimalitetsteori
9
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Optimality theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Optimality theory
1
2Arabic (ar)
نظرية المفاضلة
0
3Catalan (ca)
Teoria de l'optimitat
0
4German (de)
Optimalitätstheorie
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Optimumeca teorio
0
6Spanish (es)
Teoría de la optimidad
0
7Persian (fa)
نظریه بهینگی
0
8French (fr)
Théorie de l'optimalité
0
9Hebrew (he)
תאוריית האופטימליות
0
10Italian (it)
Teoria dell'ottimalità
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Optimality theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Optimality theory
70
2Japanese (ja)
最適性理論
26
3Dutch (nl)
Optimaliteitstheorie
20
4German (de)
Optimalitätstheorie
17
5Persian (fa)
نظریه بهینگی
15
6Chinese (zh)
優選理論
11
7Spanish (es)
Teoría de la optimidad
10
8Korean (ko)
최적성 이론
9
9Russian (ru)
Теория оптимальности в лингвистике
8
10Catalan (ca)
Teoria de l'optimitat
4
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظرية المفاضلة
caCatalan
Teoria de l'optimitat
deGerman
Optimalitätstheorie
enEnglish
Optimality theory
eoEsperanto
Optimumeca teorio
esSpanish
Teoría de la optimidad
faPersian
نظریه بهینگی
frFrench
Théorie de l'optimalité
heHebrew
תאוריית האופטימליות
itItalian
Teoria dell'ottimalità
jaJapanese
最適性理論
koKorean
최적성 이론
nlDutch
Optimaliteitstheorie
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Optimalitetsteori
noNorwegian
Optimalitetsteori
ptPortuguese
Teoria da otimidade
ruRussian
Теория оптимальности в лингвистике
slSlovenian
Optimalnostna teorija
svSwedish
Optimalitetsteorin
taTamil
உகப்புக் கோட்பாடு
zhChinese
優選理論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#193098
10.2014
Global:
#259404
04.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4449
09.2002
Global:
#6289
09.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Optimality theory from Wikipedia articles about Generative grammar, Universal grammar, Natural language, Phonology and Harmonic Grammar. Whereas reading the article about Optimality theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Paul Smolensky, Autosegmental phonology, Phonological opacity, Generative grammar and Alan Prince.

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