Corrélation illusoire

Illusory correlation - phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables even when no such relationship exists. Article “Corrélation illusoire” in French Wikipedia has 14.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (French) language version.

Since the creation of article “Corrélation illusoire”, its content was written by 9 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 152 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 17 times in French Wikipedia and cited 513 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #26366 in July 2010
• Global: #89883 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #168729 in March 2021
• Global: #137257 in July 2010

There are 9 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) Illusory correlation		42.7443
2	Spanish (es) Correlación ilusoria		35.5764
3	Ukrainian (uk) Ілюзорна кореляція		34.2145
4	Arabic (ar) ربط وهمي		21.6188
5	Chinese (zh) 錯覺相關		21.3855
6	Russian (ru) Иллюзорная корреляция		21.358
7	German (de) Illusorische Korrelation		15.0276
8	French (fr) Corrélation illusoire		14.2141
9	Japanese (ja) 錯誤相関		13.5479

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Illusory correlation		757 761
2	German (de) Illusorische Korrelation		107 073
3	Japanese (ja) 錯誤相関		55 601
4	Russian (ru) Иллюзорная корреляция		55 377
5	French (fr) Corrélation illusoire		45 874
6	Spanish (es) Correlación ilusoria		10 881
7	Chinese (zh) 錯覺相關		7 436
8	Arabic (ar) ربط وهمي		5 099
9	Ukrainian (uk) Ілюзорна кореляція		3 729

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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 "Corrélation illusoire" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Illusory correlation		1 918
2	Russian (ru) Иллюзорная корреляция		272
3	French (fr) Corrélation illusoire		186
4	Japanese (ja) 錯誤相関		176
5	Chinese (zh) 錯覺相關		159
6	German (de) Illusorische Korrelation		132
7	Spanish (es) Correlación ilusoria		63
8	Arabic (ar) ربط وهمي		34
9	Ukrainian (uk) Ілюзорна кореляція		26

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Illusory correlation		73
2	German (de) Illusorische Korrelation		34
3	Russian (ru) Иллюзорная корреляция		11
4	French (fr) Corrélation illusoire		9
5	Arabic (ar) ربط وهمي		6
6	Spanish (es) Correlación ilusoria		6
7	Japanese (ja) 錯誤相関		6
8	Ukrainian (uk) Ілюзорна кореляція		4
9	Chinese (zh) 錯覺相關		3

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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 "Corrélation illusoire" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) ربط وهمي		1
2	German (de) Illusorische Korrelation		0
3	English (en) Illusory correlation		0
4	Spanish (es) Correlación ilusoria		0
5	French (fr) Corrélation illusoire		0
6	Japanese (ja) 錯誤相関		0
7	Russian (ru) Иллюзорная корреляция		0
8	Ukrainian (uk) Ілюзорна кореляція		0
9	Chinese (zh) 錯覺相關		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 "Corrélation illusoire" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 錯覺相關		225
2	Japanese (ja) 錯誤相関		206
3	English (en) Illusory correlation		32
4	French (fr) Corrélation illusoire		17
5	Spanish (es) Correlación ilusoria		8
6	Russian (ru) Иллюзорная корреляция		8
7	German (de) Illusorische Korrelation		7
8	Ukrainian (uk) Ілюзорна кореляція		6
9	Arabic (ar) ربط وهمي		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ربط وهمي
de	German Illusorische Korrelation
en	English Illusory correlation
es	Spanish Correlación ilusoria
fr	French Corrélation illusoire
ja	Japanese 錯誤相関
ru	Russian Иллюзорная корреляция
uk	Ukrainian Ілюзорна кореляція
zh	Chinese 錯覺相關

Best Rank

French: #168729 03.2021

Global: #137257 07.2010

Best Rank

French: #26366 07.2010

Global: #89883 01.2005

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