crit
/kɹɪt/noun, verb
crit is spelled C-R-I-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crit means “Criticism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crit is crits.
How many letters and syllables are in crit?
| Letters | 4: C-R-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,863rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crit?
Crit appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crit?
- /kɹɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-crit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crit
- crits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- critting participle, present
- critted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalCriticism.
- 2
informalCritique.
- 3
informalA proponent of critical legal studies.
- 4
A criterium race.
- 5
slangA critical hit.
- 6
colloquialHaematocrit.
verb
- 1
slangTo attack with a critical hit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does crit come from?
From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).