Wikipédia

\wi.ki.pe.dja\

/\wi.ki.pe.dja\/ name

The verdict

“Wikipédia” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,612
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Encyclopédie multilingue sous licence de logiciel libre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wikipedia · Wikipédia · French

Wikipédia · rank #10,612 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,612
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH western

Nearest frequency peer: western (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Wikipédia »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Wikipédia » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wikipédia
PropertyValue
HeadwordWikipédia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\wi.ki.pe.dja\
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,612
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Wikipédia »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Wikipédiase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « western » (#10,611), « yoga » (#10,613), « votent » (#10,610). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Wikipédia » est au #10,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Wikipédia (IPA \wi.ki.pe.dja\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,612 among 549 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wikipédia, with forms such as "iwkipédia", "wiikpédia", and "wikipdéia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Wikipédia, spelled W-I-K-I-P-É-D-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Encyclopédie multilingue sous licence de logiciel libre.
  2. 2
    Une des versions linguistiques de Wikipédia.
  3. 3
    La version en français de cette encyclopédie.
  4. 4
    Base de connaissances collaborative.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Wikipédia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avec le succès de l’encyclopédie collaborative en ligne Wikipédia, le wiki s’est popularisé. Si beaucoup de ceux qui fréquentent Wikipédia se contentent d’y puiser des informations, d’autres y participent en créant des entrées ou en modifiant des pages en les complétant ou les corrigeant.
  2. En fait, Wikipédia est bien moins proche d’une encyclopédie du genre Universalis que de ces almanachs dont se délectaient petits et grands il n’y a pas si longtemps, et qui consistaient en une collection de données de fait instructives et intéressantes telles que la hauteur du Mont-Blanc, des recettes de détachants miracles ou des remèdes de bonne femme,…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iwkipédia
  • wiikpédia
  • wikipdéia
  • wikipedia
  • wikippédia
  • wikipédai
  • wikipéddia
  • wikipéida
  • wikiépdia
  • wikkipédia
  • wikpiédia
  • wkiipédia
  • wwikipédia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wikipédia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iwkipédia2wiikpédia2wikipdéia2wikipedia1wikippédia1wikipédai2wikipéddia1wikipéida2
Edit distance from "Wikipédia"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wikipédia"?
"Wikipédia" is spelled W-I-K-I-P-É-D-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \wi.ki.pe.dja\.
What does "Wikipédia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wikipédia" means: Encyclopédie multilingue sous licence de logiciel libre.
What are common misspellings of "Wikipédia"?
Common misspellings include "iwkipédia", "wiikpédia", "wikipdéia", "wikipedia", "wikippédia". The correct spelling is "Wikipédia".
How do you pronounce "Wikipédia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wikipédia" is \wi.ki.pe.dja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wikipédia" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wikipédia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list