Kritikerin
[ˈkʁiːtɪkəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Kritikerin” is uncommon German (frequency #69,437 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,437
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Person, die kritisiert, etwas tadelt oder bemängelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kritikerin · Kritikerin · German
Kritikerin · rank #69,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,437
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kreuzverhör
Nearest frequency peer: Kreuzverhör (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kritikerin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Krebstherap…
Krebstherapie
30,567 corpus weight
- kreisförmige
kreisförmige
30,566 corpus weight
- Kreuzverhör
Kreuzverhör
30,565 corpus weight
- Kritikerin
Kritikerin
30,564 corpus weight
- kritiklos
kritiklos
30,563 corpus weight
- Kulturforum
Kulturforum
30,562 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kritikerin” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kritikerin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːtɪkəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kritikerin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kritikerin is uncommon German at frequency #69,437 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːtɪkəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Kritikerin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kritikerin, spelled K-R-I-T-I-K-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die kritisiert, etwas tadelt oder bemängelt
- 2weibliche Person, die beruflich (Kunst-)Werke kritisiert oder streng beurteilt
This word in other languages
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.