Wikimedia

[vɪkiˈmeːdi̯a]

/[vɪkiˈmeːdi̯a]/ name

The verdict

“Wikimedia” is uncommon German (frequency #57,575 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,575
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurz für die Non-Profit-Organisation Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimedia Stiftung) zur Förderung des freien Wissens

Corpus desk

Index DE-wikimedia · Wikimedia · German

Wikimedia · rank #57,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,575
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wieweit

Nearest frequency peer: wieweit (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Wikimedia“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wikimedia“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wikimedia
PropertyValue
HeadwordWikimedia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[vɪkiˈmeːdi̯a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,575
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Wikimedia“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Wikimediafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „wieweit“ (#57,574), „Windsurfen“ (#57,576), „widert“ (#57,573). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wikimedia“ bei #57,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wikimedia is uncommon German at frequency #57,575 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [vɪkiˈmeːdi̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurz für die Non-Profit-Organisation Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimedia Stiftung) zur Förderung des freien Wissens".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Wikimedia in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Wikimedia, spelled W-I-K-I-M-E-D-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    kurz für die Non-Profit-Organisation Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimedia Stiftung) zur Förderung des freien Wissens

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Wikimedia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Wikimedia kann sein Geld nur an andere gemeinnützige Stiftungen abgeben.“
  2. „Zudem ist die Wikimedia mit dem Vorwurf konfrontiert, gegen das Urheberrechtsgesetz zu verstoßen.“

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wikimedia"?
"Wikimedia" is spelled W-I-K-I-M-E-D-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [vɪkiˈmeːdi̯a].
What does "Wikimedia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wikimedia" means: kurz für die Non-Profit-Organisation Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimedia Stiftung) zur Förderung des freien Wissens
How do you pronounce "Wikimedia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wikimedia" is [vɪkiˈmeːdi̯a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wikimedia" come from?
"Wikimedia" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wikimedia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list