Verdict
wiktionary.org appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Wiktionary front or index page listing available languages and stating it is a free multilingual dictionary, part of the Wikimedia family. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 2% confidenceAbuseIPDB, 1 report; shared hosting inflates reports | Clear |
| Domain age | 24 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YE2 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- VirusTotal and Google Safe Browsing had no flags for this domain; its hosting IP carries AbuseIPDB reports below the confidence level TrustSniffer treats as a flag.
- The operator behind the site could not be independently connected to a real-world brand or person.
Full analysis
Overview
Wiktionary is a free, multilingual dictionary and reference website presenting language selection, search, and community-maintained lexical content across the Wikimedia ecosystem; its apparent model is non-commercial, supported by donations and volunteer contributions rather than direct sales.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No phishing, impersonation, malicious-content, or other contradictory signals were observed, and the site’s informational purpose is consistent with its presented content. A single low-confidence abuse report relates to a shared Wikimedia provider address rather than to Wiktionary specifically, so it does not establish site-level malicious activity or an identity contradiction. The real-world operator identity is not independently verified; accordingly, the site should be described as apparently legitimate and evidence-consistent with an established reference service, rather than as independently proven.
- The homepage presents a free multilingual dictionary with language listings and search functionality, with no observed deception or impersonation indicators.
- Behavioral testing recorded 2 successful runs, 0 external XHR requests, 0 external POST requests, 0 hidden forms, and 0 wallet-drainer runs.
- Major malware and browser-safety checks returned 0 malicious and 0 suspicious findings; no broker-reputation match was identified.
- One abuse report was attributed to shared Wikimedia infrastructure, with a confidence score of 2 and usage classified as Content Delivery Network.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The reviewed content presents a non-commercial reference service rather than a financial, brokerage, payment, or other regulated offering. Its identity presentation is internally coherent around Wiktionary and the Wikimedia ecosystem, although the available evidence does not independently verify the real-world operator. No licensing claim or registration number is presented in the reviewed content; this is a limited disclosure point for regulatory due diligence, not evidence of a scam. The long-established registration, reputable corporate registrar, strong global traffic footprint, valid transport encryption, and stable reference-site content together support the established-site assessment.
- The domain was registered in 2002 and is approximately 23.69 years old; registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
- The site is served from AS14907, WIKIMEDIA - Wikimedia Foundation Inc., US.
- TLS certificate issuer: YE2; validation level: DV; valid to 2026-11-03T19:15:40+00:00.
- Global traffic rank: 1307, within the top 1 million websites.
What to Verify Next
For ordinary reference use, no elevated verification step is indicated by the observed content or behavior. If a prospective interaction introduces account credentials, payment, donations, or a third-party commercial request, the relevant Wikimedia relationship should be confirmed through an independently reached organizational source, and payment-protection and return terms should be checked before proceeding. Any sign-in or payment prompt that is inconsistent with the site’s reference-service purpose should be treated as a separate interaction requiring additional validation.
- The homepage is categorized as informational/reference content rather than a commercial transaction page.
- The presented site function is limited to dictionary search, language navigation, and access to free reference material.
- No sensitive form, external password submission, or wallet connection was observed during the reviewed interaction.
Summary Verdict
Wiktionary has an apparently legitimate, established-site posture with low apparent scam or impersonation risk. The convergence of mature domain presence, coherent informational content, clean external reputation, and stable technical operation supports the high-trust classification, while independent operator verification remains incomplete.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves to infrastructure operated by WIKIMEDIA - Wikimedia Foundation Inc. in the United States and is not using a detected CDN or WAF layer; two likely origin addresses were identified. This direct hosting posture is technically coherent with the identified provider, although hosting infrastructure is a mitigating context rather than proof of operator identity.
- CDN/WAF detection: none.
- Likely origin IP count: 2.
- Hosting country: US; registry: RIPE NCC.
Closing Assessment
Routine read-only use is proportionate to the observed posture; before any credential or payment interaction, ordinary independent identity, payment-protection, and transaction-term checks should be completed.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-17 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Signals weighed against the site
- AbuseIPDB: 1 report on hosting IP 2a02:ec80:300:ed1a::1 (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Content Delivery Network), 2% confidence. The reports are attributed to shared infrastructure, not specifically to this website.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of wiktionary.org.
- The request stayed on wiktionary.org. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under MarkMonitor Inc.. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by wikimedia.org, across 3 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-12-14. Noted
- It is hosted on WIKIMEDIA, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | MarkMonitor Inc. |
|---|---|
| Hosting | WIKIMEDIA - Wikimedia Foundation Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2a02:ec80:300:ed1a::1 |
| Name servers | ns0.wikimedia.org, ns1.wikimedia.org, ns2.wikimedia.org |
| SSL issuer | YE2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-03 |
| Domain age | 23.69 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2026-12-14 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 2% confidence, 1 report | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about wiktionary.org at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.