criticón

[kɾit̪iˈkõn]

/[kɾit̪iˈkõn]/ adj

The verdict

“criticón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,652 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,652
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El que todo lo censura y moteja sin perdonar ni aun las más ligeras faltas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-criticon · criticón · Spanish

criticón · rank #86,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,652
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH Crisanto

Nearest frequency peer: Crisanto (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “criticón”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “criticón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for criticón
PropertyValue
Headwordcriticón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kɾit̪iˈkõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,652
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “criticón” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).criticóncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Crisanto” (#86,651), “criminalista” (#86,650), “cuantificado” (#86,654). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “criticón” va en #86,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

criticón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,652 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɾit̪iˈkõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "El que todo lo censura y moteja sin perdonar ni aun las más ligeras faltas.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for criticón in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is criticón, spelled C-R-I-T-I-C-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    El que todo lo censura y moteja sin perdonar ni aun las más ligeras faltas.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "criticón"?
"criticón" is spelled C-R-I-T-I-C-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kɾit̪iˈkõn].
What does "criticón" mean?
As an adjective, "criticón" means: El que todo lo censura y moteja sin perdonar ni aun las más ligeras faltas.
How do you pronounce "criticón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "criticón" is [kɾit̪iˈkõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "criticón", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list