# hypocritical

> English word · Adjective · IPA /hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/ · frequency rank #19,363

## Definitions
1. Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.

## Etymology
From hypocritic + -al, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikós), from ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I play a part on stage”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I choose”).

## Common misspellings (19)
`hhypocritical`, `hpyocritical`, `hyopcritical`, `hypcoritical`, `hypoccritical`, `hypocirtical`, `hypocriitcal`, `hypocritcial`, `hypocritiacl`, `hypocriticall`, `hypocriticcal`, `hypocriticla`, `hypocrittical`, `hypocrritical`, `hypocrtiical`, `hyporcitical`, `hyppocritical`, `hyypocritical`, `yhpocritical`

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