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spelling bee

competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with a varying degree of difficulty
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Summary

spelling bee ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,229 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: concours[2], intellectual competition[3]
  • Commons category: Spelling bees[4]
  • Main subject: spelling[5]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6]

Why It Matters

spelling bee has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 7d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → spelling-bees
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'ga', 'h
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: spelling-bees, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960646|spelling bees (#289960646)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Main subject → spelling
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → concours, intellectual competition
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007291851405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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