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WikiProject

noun

WikiProject is spelled W-I-K-I-P-R-O-J-E-C-T: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, WikiProject means “A group of editors who work together on improving the coverage of a particular topic on a wiki, especially on Wikipedia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of WikiProject is WikiProjects or Wikiprojects.

How many letters and syllables are in WikiProject?

Letters11: W-I-K-I-P-R-O-J-E-C-T
In writingabout once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is WikiProject?

WikiProject appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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).

Forms of WikiProject

  • WikiProjects plural
  • Wikiproject
  • Wikiprojects plural

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

What does WikiProject mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A group of editors who work together on improving the coverage of a particular topic on a wiki, especially on Wikipedia.

noun

as Wikiproject
  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of WikiProject.

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

WikiProject in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense collection of pages:

LanguageWords
Frenchwikiprojet
Spanishwikiproyecto

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does WikiProject come from?

Compound of wiki + project. Coined before 26 September 2001 (see quotations) by Wikipedian Manning Bartlett, creator of the concept earlier that month.

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

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