# Wikipedia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌwɪ.kɪˈpiːdɪə/ · frequency rank #8,106

## Definitions
1. A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
2. The community that develops Wikipedia.
3. A main-belt asteroid (No. 274301).

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Polynesian *witi
Hawaiian wiki
Hawaiian wikiwikider.
English wiki
▲
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Ancient Greek ἐν (en)
Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-)
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklĭos)
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits
Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs)
Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)
Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō)
Ancient Greek παιδεύω (paideúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek παιδείᾱ (paideíā)
Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā)bor.
New Latin encyclopaedīalbor.
English encyclopedia
blend
English Wikipedia
Blend of wiki + encyclopedia, coined by Larry Sanger in 2001. By surface analysis, wiki + -pedia.

## Common misspellings (12)
`iwkipedia`, `wiikpedia`, `wikiepdia`, `wikipdeia`, `wikipedai`, `wikipeddia`, `wikipeida`, `wikippedia`, `wikkipedia`, `wikpiedia`, `wkiipedia`, `wwikipedia`

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