Wikimedia
[vɪkiˈmeːdi̯a]
The verdict
“Wikimedia” is uncommon German (frequency #57,575 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,575
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kurz für die Non-Profit-Organisation Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimedia Stiftung) zur Förderung des freien Wissens
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wikimedia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [vɪkiˈmeːdi̯a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wikimedia” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wikimedia is uncommon German at frequency #57,575 among 38,697 “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
- 1kurz für die Non-Profit-Organisation Wikimedia Foundation (Wikimedia Stiftung) zur Förderung des freien Wissens
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.
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Using “Wikimedia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-K-I-M-E-D-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [vɪkiˈmeːdi̯a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.