criticar
[kɾit̪iˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“criticar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,492
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juzgar o valorar una cosa atendiendo a un conjunto de reglas establecidas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-criticar · criticar · Spanish
criticar · rank #4,492 · 12 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,492
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cuarenta
Nearest frequency peer: cuarenta (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “criticar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- correos
correos
95,512 corpus weight
- creencias
creencias
95,511 corpus weight
- criticar
criticar
95,509 corpus weight
- cuarenta
cuarenta
95,508 corpus weight
- cubano
cubano
95,507 corpus weight
- cubierto
cubierto
95,506 corpus weight
What this shows “criticar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criticar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɾit̪iˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “criticar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around criticar (IPA [kɾit̪iˈkaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,492 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for criticar, with forms such as "ccriticar", "cirticar", and "criitcar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "crítico", "críticas", "críticos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is criticar, spelled C-R-I-T-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Juzgar o valorar una cosa atendiendo a un conjunto de reglas establecidas.
- 2Valorar negativamente una cosa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how criticar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Real Academia Española (RAE) ha elaborado una nota en la que critica el documento de recomendaciones para potenciar el uso del lenguaje inclusivo aprobado el pasado mes de diciembre en el Congreso de los Diputados, afirmando que "hay un deseo implícito de acrecentar la distancia, ya considerable en la actualidad, entre el universo oficial y el mundo re…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccriticar
- cirticar
- criitcar
- critciar
- critiacr
- criticarr
- criticcar
- criticra
- critticar
- crriticar
- crtiicar
- rciticar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of criticar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).