Wife selling (English custom)

Wife selling in England - English custom in the 17th–20th centuries that was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement, in which after parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband publicly auctions her to the highest bidder. Article “Wife selling (English custom)” in English Wikipedia has 85.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 99 references and 13 sections.

This article has the best quality in Portuguese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article “Wife selling (English custom)” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Wife selling (English custom)”, its content was written by 226 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 447 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 33 times in English Wikipedia and cited 206 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #32 in April 2010
• Global: #669 in April 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #34243 in December 2009
• Global: #60561 in December 2009

There are 13 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	Portuguese (pt) Venda de esposas na Inglaterra		94.5455
2	English (en) Wife selling (English custom)		85.3434
3	Swedish (sv) Hustruförsäljning		73.1131
4	Russian (ru) Продажа жены в Англии		52.4922
5	Spanish (es) Venta de esposas (Inglaterra)		51.563
6	Japanese (ja) 妻売り		45.7782
7	French (fr) Vente d'épouse en Angleterre		42.8783
8	Armenian (hy) Կանանց վաճառքը Անգլիայում		30.2121
9	Persian (fa) زن‌فروشی		26.8353
10	Arabic (ar) بيع الزوجة في بريطانيا		24.9514

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Wife selling (English custom)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wife selling (English custom)		594 762
2	Russian (ru) Продажа жены в Англии		106 429
3	Arabic (ar) بيع الزوجة في بريطانيا		60 357
4	Portuguese (pt) Venda de esposas na Inglaterra		51 636
5	French (fr) Vente d'épouse en Angleterre		51 390
6	Swedish (sv) Hustruförsäljning		36 133
7	Japanese (ja) 妻売り		32 029
8	Persian (fa) زن‌فروشی		22 143
9	Indonesian (id) Jual beli istri (kebiasaan Inggris)		17 710
10	Spanish (es) Venta de esposas (Inglaterra)		17 066

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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 "Wife selling (English custom)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wife selling (English custom)		6 675
2	Portuguese (pt) Venda de esposas na Inglaterra		1 600
3	Russian (ru) Продажа жены в Англии		277
4	Spanish (es) Venta de esposas (Inglaterra)		211
5	Japanese (ja) 妻売り		183
6	Arabic (ar) بيع الزوجة في بريطانيا		149
7	Persian (fa) زن‌فروشی		116
8	French (fr) Vente d'épouse en Angleterre		92
9	Chinese (zh) 販妻 (英格蘭)		65
10	Indonesian (id) Jual beli istri (kebiasaan Inggris)		57

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wife selling (English custom)		226
2	Russian (ru) Продажа жены в Англии		41
3	French (fr) Vente d'épouse en Angleterre		36
4	Swedish (sv) Hustruförsäljning		35
5	Portuguese (pt) Venda de esposas na Inglaterra		23
6	Arabic (ar) بيع الزوجة في بريطانيا		18
7	Spanish (es) Venta de esposas (Inglaterra)		18
8	Persian (fa) زن‌فروشی		14
9	Japanese (ja) 妻売り		12
10	Chinese (zh) 販妻 (英格蘭)		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 "Wife selling (English custom)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wife selling (English custom)		3
2	Arabic (ar) بيع الزوجة في بريطانيا		0
3	Czech (cs) Prodej manželky		0
4	Spanish (es) Venta de esposas (Inglaterra)		0
5	Persian (fa) زن‌فروشی		0
6	French (fr) Vente d'épouse en Angleterre		0
7	Armenian (hy) Կանանց վաճառքը Անգլիայում		0
8	Indonesian (id) Jual beli istri (kebiasaan Inggris)		0
9	Japanese (ja) 妻売り		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Venda de esposas na Inglaterra		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 "Wife selling (English custom)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Portuguese (pt) Venda de esposas na Inglaterra		136
2	English (en) Wife selling (English custom)		33
3	Arabic (ar) بيع الزوجة في بريطانيا		10
4	Persian (fa) زن‌فروشی		6
5	French (fr) Vente d'épouse en Angleterre		4
6	Indonesian (id) Jual beli istri (kebiasaan Inggris)		4
7	Russian (ru) Продажа жены в Англии		4
8	Armenian (hy) Կանանց վաճառքը Անգլիայում		3
9	Japanese (ja) 妻売り		2
10	Czech (cs) Prodej manželky		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic بيع الزوجة في بريطانيا
cs	Czech Prodej manželky
en	English Wife selling (English custom)
es	Spanish Venta de esposas (Inglaterra)
fa	Persian زن‌فروشی
fr	French Vente d'épouse en Angleterre
hy	Armenian Կանանց վաճառքը Անգլիայում
id	Indonesian Jual beli istri (kebiasaan Inggris)
ja	Japanese 妻売り
pt	Portuguese Venda de esposas na Inglaterra
ru	Russian Продажа жены в Англии
sv	Swedish Hustruförsäljning
zh	Chinese 販妻 (英格蘭)

Best Rank

English: #34243 12.2009

Global: #60561 12.2009

Best Rank

English: #32 04.2010

Global: #669 04.2010

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