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Wi·ki·ped·ia/ˌwɪ.kiˈpidi.ə/noun, verb

wikipedia is spelled W-I-K-I-P-E-D-I-A: 9 letters and 4 syllables (Wi·ki·ped·ia). It appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wikipedia means “Alternative letter-case form of Wikipedia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wikipedia is wikipedias.

How many letters and syllables are in wikipedia?

Letters9: W-I-K-I-P-E-D-I-A
Syllables4: Wi·ki·ped·ia
In writing8.3 times per million words; the 8,036th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is wikipedia?

Wikipedia appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce wikipedia?

  • UK /ˌwɪ.kɪˈpiːdi.ə/
  • US /ˌwɪ.kiˈpidi.ə/
  • US /ˌwɪkəˈpidi.ə/

Wikipedia has 4 syllables, split Wi·ki·ped·ia in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-Wikipedia.ogg, En-us-Wikipedia.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with wikipedia?

4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as wikipedia from its last stressed vowel (/idiə/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of wikipedia

  • wikipedias plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • wikipediaing participle, present
  • wikipediaed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does wikipedia mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of Wikipedia.

noun

as Wikipedia
  1. 1

    A version of the encyclopedia Wikipedia in a particular language.

    There are over five million articles on the English Wikipedia.

  2. 2

    A wiki or similar collaborative database, especially one that is also an encyclopaedia.

    His new project is to create a Wikipedia for UFO sightings from all around the world.

  3. 3

    colloquialAn article or page on Wikipedia.

  4. 4

    colloquialA source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge.

    Her mind was a Wikipedia of useless information.

verb

as Wikipedia
  1. 1

    colloquialTo consult Wikipedia for information.

  2. 2

    colloquialTo search Wikipedia for information on a specific subject.

verb

  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of Wikipedia.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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