# crit

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹɪt/ · frequency rank #38,793

## Definitions
1. Criticism.
2. Critique.
3. A proponent of critical legal studies.
4. A criterium race.
5. A critical hit.

## Etymology
From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.

## Easily confused with
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-ct)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cut)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cry)
- **CSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-csi)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-crt)
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-crm)
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cst)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-crs)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cro)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cui)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cru)
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-crop)
- **cult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cult)
- **Cruz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cruz)
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cunt)
- **crow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-crow)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-curt)
- **cyst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-cyst)
- **crux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-crux)
- **croc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-croc)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccrit`, `cirt`, `critt`, `crrit`, `crti`, `rcit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crit