# critic

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/ · frequency rank #7,670

## Definitions
1. A person who appraises the works of others.
2. A specialist in judging works of art.
3. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
4. An opponent.
5. Obsolete form of critique (“an act of criticism”).
6. Obsolete form of critique (“the art of criticism”).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “I judge”).

## Easily confused with
- **cystic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/critic-vs-cystic)
- **cryptic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/critic-vs-cryptic)
- **critical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/critic-vs-critical)
- **crit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-critic)
- **civic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civic-vs-critic)
- **crisis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crisis-vs-critic)
- **clinic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clinic-vs-critic)
- **Celtic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celtic-vs-critic)
- **Coptic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coptic-vs-critic)
- **citric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citric-vs-critic)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccritic`, `cirtic`, `criitc`, `critci`, `criticc`, `crittic`, `crritic`, `crtiic`, `rcitic`

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