kritisieren

/[kʁitiˈziːʁən]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,687

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

kritisieren is aGermanverb. It means: fachlich beurteilen, besprechen, beschreiben Pronounced [kʁitiˈziːʁən]. It ranks #6,687 in German word frequency. Often confused with kritisiert and kritisierte.

Key facts for kritisieren
PropertyValue
Headwordkritisieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kʁitiˈziːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,687
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kritisieren is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʁitiˈziːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,687 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for kritisieren, with forms such as "kirtisieren", "kkritisieren", and "kriitsieren". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "kritisiert", "kritisierte", "kritisierten", 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 kritisieren, spelled K-R-I-T-I-S-I-E-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fachlich beurteilen, besprechen, beschreiben
  2. 2
    nicht einverstanden sein, heftig widersprechen

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kirtisieren,kkritisieren,kriitsieren,kritiiseren,kritiseiren,kritisieern,kritisierenn,kritisierne,kritisierren,kritisireen,kritissieren,kritsiieren,krittisieren,krritisieren,krtiisieren,rkitisieren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for kritisieren

Misspelling Variants of "kritisieren"

kirtisieren11kkritisieren12kriitsieren11kritiiseren11kritiseiren11kritisieern11kritisierenn12kritisierne11
Misspelling Variants of "kritisieren"

Frequency rank: #6,687 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kritisieren"?
"kritisieren" is spelled K-R-I-T-I-S-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁitiˈziːʁən].
What does "kritisieren" mean?
As a verb, "kritisieren" means: fachlich beurteilen, besprechen, beschreiben
What words are commonly confused with "kritisieren"?
"kritisieren" is commonly confused with "kritisiert", "kritisierte", "kritisierten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kritisieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kritisieren" is [kʁitiˈziːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kritisieren" come from?
"kritisieren" 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.