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Control key

Quality:

Control key - keyboard modifier key that changes the function of other keys, often used in combination with other keys for commands (open new, save, close, etc.). Article “Control key” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Since the creation of article “Control key”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 895 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1358 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #383 in July 2021
  • Global: #2174 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #15335 in July 2021
  • Global: #24212 in March 2015

There are 27 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)
Control key
30.7118
2Portuguese (pt)
Tecla Control
26.5514
3Spanish (es)
Control (tecla)
22.3047
4Korean (ko)
Control 키
21.6038
5Japanese (ja)
コントロールキー
17.9941
6Polish (pl)
Control
16.2302
7Italian (it)
Control (tasto)
15.987
8French (fr)
Contrôle (touche)
15.3941
9German (de)
Steuerungstaste
14.9464
10Chinese (zh)
控制键
13.6041
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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 "Control key" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Control key
2 498 495
2Spanish (es)
Control (tecla)
1 301 562
3German (de)
Steuerungstaste
1 139 991
4French (fr)
Contrôle (touche)
572 725
5Russian (ru)
Ctrl
532 970
6Japanese (ja)
コントロールキー
461 309
7Italian (it)
Control (tasto)
420 086
8Polish (pl)
Control
361 646
9Chinese (zh)
控制键
320 773
10Dutch (nl)
Control (toets)
311 542
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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 "Control key" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Control key
5 393
2German (de)
Steuerungstaste
1 252
3Chinese (zh)
控制键
890
4Turkish (tr)
Ctrl
833
5Russian (ru)
Ctrl
698
6Italian (it)
Control (tasto)
564
7Japanese (ja)
コントロールキー
555
8French (fr)
Contrôle (touche)
493
9Spanish (es)
Control (tecla)
448
10Arabic (ar)
مفتاح تحكم
224
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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 "Control key" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Control key
177
2German (de)
Steuerungstaste
145
3French (fr)
Contrôle (touche)
99
4Italian (it)
Control (tasto)
65
5Dutch (nl)
Control (toets)
56
6Russian (ru)
Ctrl
49
7Japanese (ja)
コントロールキー
29
8Polish (pl)
Control
28
9Spanish (es)
Control (tecla)
27
10Chinese (zh)
控制键
24
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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 "Control key" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Steuerungstaste
1
2Ukrainian (uk)
Control (клавіша)
1
3Arabic (ar)
مفتاح تحكم
0
4Bulgarian (bg)
Ctrl
0
5Catalan (ca)
Tecla Control
0
6Czech (cs)
Klávesa Ctrl
0
7English (en)
Control key
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Stirklavo
0
9Spanish (es)
Control (tecla)
0
10Persian (fa)
کلید کنترل
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 "Control key" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Control key
170
2German (de)
Steuerungstaste
117
3Japanese (ja)
コントロールキー
103
4French (fr)
Contrôle (touche)
100
5Polish (pl)
Control
87
6Korean (ko)
Control 키
86
7Russian (ru)
Ctrl
70
8Chinese (zh)
控制键
70
9Persian (fa)
کلید کنترل
68
10Spanish (es)
Control (tecla)
59
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مفتاح تحكم
bgBulgarian
Ctrl
caCatalan
Tecla Control
csCzech
Klávesa Ctrl
deGerman
Steuerungstaste
enEnglish
Control key
eoEsperanto
Stirklavo
esSpanish
Control (tecla)
faPersian
کلید کنترل
fiFinnish
Control (näppäin)
frFrench
Contrôle (touche)
heHebrew
מקש Ctrl
huHungarian
Control gomb
itItalian
Control (tasto)
jaJapanese
コントロールキー
kkKazakh
Ctrl
koKorean
Control 키
nlDutch
Control (toets)
noNorwegian
Control
plPolish
Control
ptPortuguese
Tecla Control
ruRussian
Ctrl
simpleSimple English
Control key
skSlovak
Ctrl
trTurkish
Ctrl
ukUkrainian
Control (клавіша)
zhChinese
控制键

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#15335
07.2021
Global:
#24212
03.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#383
07.2021
Global:
#2174
01.2003

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 Control key from Wikipedia articles about Alt key, Modifier key, Shift key, Space-cadet keyboard and Option key. Whereas reading the article about Control key people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Alt key, ISO/IEC 9995, Modifier key, Shift key and CTRL.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

ru: Ctrl
tr: Ctrl
sk: Ctrl
kk: Ctrl
bg: Ctrl
simple: Control key

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