# wiki

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɪki/ · frequency rank #12,888

## Definitions
1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Polynesian *witi
Hawaiian wiki
Hawaiian wikiwikider.
English wiki
First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

## Easily confused with
- **win** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-win)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wit)
- **wis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wis)
- **wiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wiz)
- **wok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wok)
- **wim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wim)
- **with** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-with)
- **will** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-will)
- **wish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wish)
- **wind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wind)
- **wild** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wild)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wine)
- **wins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wins)
- **wing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wing)
- **wise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wise)
- **wire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wire)
- **woke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-woke)
- **wipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wipe)
- **wink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wink)
- **wits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiki-vs-wits)

## Common misspellings (5)
`iwki`, `wiik`, `wikki`, `wkii`, `wwiki`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wiki