criterium
/kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/
"criterium" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“criterium” is uncommon English (frequency #77,572 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,572
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criterium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “criterium” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
criterium is uncommon English at frequency #77,572 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for criterium, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French critérium (“competition”), from Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion). The correct English form is criterium, spelled C-R-I-T-E-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
Etymology
From French critérium (“competition”), from Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).
Synonyms
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “criterium”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-R-I-T-E-R-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.