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false friend

Summary

false friend is a Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[1]. It draws 973 Wikipedia views per month (wikibase_reason_for_deprecated_rank category, ranking #8 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • false friend's instance of is recorded as Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[3].
  • false friend is a type of xenogram[4].
  • false friend's Commons category is recorded as False friends[5].
  • false friend's topic's main category is recorded as Category:False friends[6].
  • false friend's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://ell.stackexchange.com/tags/false-friend[7].
  • false friend's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5976[8].
  • false friend's different from is recorded as false cognate[9].
  • false friend's different from is recorded as bilingual pun[10].
  • false friend's different from is recorded as cognate[11].
  • false friend's different from is recorded as false friendship[12].
  • false friend's different from is recorded as heterosemy[13].

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Designation and Status

false friend's instance of is recorded as Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[3].

Why It Matters

false friend draws 973 Wikipedia views per month (wikibase_reason_for_deprecated_rank category, ranking #8 of 43).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). false friend. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/false-friend
MLA “false friend.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/false-friend.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_false-friend_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{false friend}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/false-friend}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:False friends
    Main wikidata property → P5976
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 37983, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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