Kritik

/[kʁɪˈtiːk]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#833

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Kritik is aGermannoun. It means: fachmännische Beurteilung eines Produktes oder Werkes Pronounced [kʁɪˈtiːk]. It ranks #833 in German word frequency. Often confused with Kritiker and Kritiken.

Key facts for Kritik
PropertyValue
HeadwordKritik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʁɪˈtiːk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#833
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kritik in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kritik is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʁɪˈtiːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #833 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kritik, with forms such as "kirtik", "kkritik", and "kriitk". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Kritiker", "Kritiken", "Krimi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kritik, spelled K-R-I-T-I-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fachmännische Beurteilung eines Produktes oder Werkes
  2. 2
    im Gegensatz zu ^([1]) eine nicht fachmännische, manchmal unsauber begründete Beurteilung
  3. 3
    ausschließlich negative Beurteilung
  4. 4
    „Beurteilung, auch Fähigkeit der Beurteilung, der Prüfung…, die vor den Folgen von Täuschung und Irrtum bewahrt“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kirtik,kkritik,kriitk,kritikk,kritki,krittik,krritik,krtiik,rkitik

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kritik

Misspelling Variants of "Kritik"

kirtik6kkritik7kriitk6kritikk7kritki6krittik7krritik7krtiik6
Misspelling Variants of "Kritik"

Frequency rank: #833 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kritik"?
"Kritik" is spelled K-R-I-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁɪˈtiːk].
What does "Kritik" mean?
As a noun, "Kritik" means: fachmännische Beurteilung eines Produktes oder Werkes
What words are commonly confused with "Kritik"?
"Kritik" is commonly confused with "Kritiker", "Kritiken", "Krimi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kritik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kritik" is [kʁɪˈtiːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kritik" come from?
"Kritik" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.