critique
/kɹɪˈtik/noun, verb
critique is spelled C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “critic vs critique” about 720 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, critique means “The art of criticism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of critique is critiques.
How many letters and syllables are in critique?
| Letters | 8: C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is critique?
Critique appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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 critique?
- UK /kɹɪˈtiːk/
- US /kɹɪˈtik/
- Australia /kɹɪˈtiːk/
Critique has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-critique.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with critique
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: critic.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with critique?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as critique from its last stressed vowel (/ik/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of critique
- critiques plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- critiquing participle, present
- critiqued participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does critique mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The art of criticism.
- 2
An essay in which another piece of work is criticized, reviewed, etc.
- 3
A point made to criticize something.
Bob liked most of my presentation, but offered three minor critiques.
verb
- 1
To review something; to criticize.
I want you to critique this new idea of mine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Critique in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | crítica , criticar |
| French | faire la critique , critique |
| German | Kritik |
| Spanish | crítica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does critique come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”), feminine of criticus (“critical”); see critic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).