# critique

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹɪˈtiːk/ · frequency rank #9,156

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”), feminine of criticus (“critical”); see critic.

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccritique`, `cirtique`, `criitque`, `critiqeu`, `critiqque`, `critiuqe`, `critqiue`, `crittique`, `crritique`, `crtiique`, `rcitique`

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