Fricative consonant

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Fricative consonant

Quality:

Fricative consonant - consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. Article “Fricative consonant” in Simple English Wikipedia has 14.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 7 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.75 points.

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

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 3453rd most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “Fricative consonant”, its content was written by 12 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 816 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 373 times in Simple English Wikipedia (7677th place) and cited 18858 times in all languages (9173rd place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3286 in May 2017
  • Global: #472 in January 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #1031 in October 2019
  • Global: #23397 in June 2014

There are 45 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, 2026 (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)
Fricative
36.5061
2Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Frikativ
28.7452
3Hindi (hi)
संघर्षी व्यंजन
24.874
4Slovenian (sl)
Pripornik
23.1534
5Indonesian (id)
Konsonan geser
22.4701
6Kazakh (kk)
Саңылау (шұғыл) дауыссыздар
20.213
7Thai (th)
เสียงเสียดแทรก
19.9813
8French (fr)
Consonne fricative
19.2062
9Persian (fa)
سایشی
18.7187
10Korean (ko)
마찰음
18.2531
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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 "Fricative consonant" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Fricative
2 865 775
2German (de)
Frikativ
614 056
3Spanish (es)
Consonante fricativa
418 141
4Russian (ru)
Фрикативные согласные
380 229
5French (fr)
Consonne fricative
372 263
6Italian (it)
Consonante fricativa
362 063
7Japanese (ja)
摩擦音
170 471
8Polish (pl)
Spółgłoska szczelinowa
136 650
9Simple English (simple)
Fricative consonant
119 904
10Portuguese (pt)
Consoante fricativa
115 545
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Fricative consonant" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Fricative
6 755
2German (de)
Frikativ
915
3Russian (ru)
Фрикативные согласные
870
4French (fr)
Consonne fricative
691
5Japanese (ja)
摩擦音
462
6Spanish (es)
Consonante fricativa
457
7Italian (it)
Consonante fricativa
447
8Chinese (zh)
擦音
343
9Polish (pl)
Spółgłoska szczelinowa
188
10Korean (ko)
마찰음
157
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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 "Fricative consonant" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Fricative
136
2German (de)
Frikativ
62
3French (fr)
Consonne fricative
58
4Dutch (nl)
Fricatief
48
5Russian (ru)
Фрикативные согласные
43
6Italian (it)
Consonante fricativa
42
7Finnish (fi)
Frikatiivi
39
8Spanish (es)
Consonante fricativa
37
9Hebrew (he)
עיצורים חוככים
32
10Danish (da)
Frikativ konsonant
25
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Fricative consonant" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
صامت احتكاكي
1
2Bulgarian (bg)
Проходна съгласна
0
3Catalan (ca)
Consonant fricativa
0
4Czech (cs)
Frikativní souhláska
0
5Danish (da)
Frikativ konsonant
0
6German (de)
Frikativ
0
7Greek (el)
Τριβόμενα σύμφωνα
0
8English (en)
Fricative
0
9Esperanto (eo)
Frotsono
0
10Spanish (es)
Consonante fricativa
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 "Fricative consonant" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Fricative
4 507
2French (fr)
Consonne fricative
1 371
3Chinese (zh)
擦音
1 182
4Portuguese (pt)
Consoante fricativa
1 077
5Russian (ru)
Фрикативные согласные
987
6Spanish (es)
Consonante fricativa
953
7Catalan (ca)
Consonant fricativa
737
8Japanese (ja)
摩擦音
735
9Korean (ko)
마찰음
656
10Ukrainian (uk)
Фрикативні приголосні
651
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
صامت احتكاكي
bgBulgarian
Проходна съгласна
caCatalan
Consonant fricativa
csCzech
Frikativní souhláska
daDanish
Frikativ konsonant
deGerman
Frikativ
elGreek
Τριβόμενα σύμφωνα
enEnglish
Fricative
eoEsperanto
Frotsono
esSpanish
Consonante fricativa
etEstonian
Ahtushäälik
euBasque
Kontsonante igurzkari
faPersian
سایشی
fiFinnish
Frikatiivi
frFrench
Consonne fricative
glGalician
Consoante fricativa
heHebrew
עיצורים חוככים
hiHindi
संघर्षी व्यंजन
hrCroatian
Tjesnačnik
huHungarian
Réshang
hyArmenian
Շփական հնչյուններ
idIndonesian
Konsonan geser
itItalian
Consonante fricativa
jaJapanese
摩擦音
kkKazakh
Саңылау (шұғыл) дауыссыздар
koKorean
마찰음
ltLithuanian
Pučiamieji priebalsiai
msMalay
Konsonan geseran
nlDutch
Fricatief
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Frikativ
noNorwegian
Frikativer
plPolish
Spółgłoska szczelinowa
ptPortuguese
Consoante fricativa
roRomanian
Consoană fricativă
ruRussian
Фрикативные согласные
shSerbo-Croatian
Frikativ
simpleSimple English
Fricative consonant
slSlovenian
Pripornik
srSerbian
Фрикатив
svSwedish
Frikativa
thThai
เสียงเสียดแทรก
trTurkish
Sürtünmeli ünsüz
ukUkrainian
Фрикативні приголосні
urUrdu
صفیری مصمتے
zhChinese
擦音

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1031
10.2019
Global:
#23397
06.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3286
05.2017
Global:
#472
01.2002

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Fricative consonant from Wikipedia articles about Affricate consonant, International Phonetic Alphabet, Tongue splitting, Consonant and Plosive consonant. Whereas reading the article about Fricative consonant people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Voiceless alveolar fricative, Sibilant consonant, Voiceless bilabial fricative, Voiceless palato‐alveolar fricative and Consonant.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

zh: 擦音

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