supercritical
adjective
supercritical is spelled S-U-P-E-R-C-R-I-T-I-C-A-L: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, supercritical means “Above its critical temperature and critical pressure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in supercritical?
| Letters | 13: S-U-P-E-R-C-R-I-T-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is supercritical?
Supercritical appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 supercritical?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-supercritical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of supercritical
- more supercritical comparative
- most supercritical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supercritical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Above its critical temperature and critical pressure.
- 2
Having a mass sufficient to sustain an accelerating fission chain reaction.
- 3
Above the speed of sound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).