critiqué
[kɾit̪iˈke]
The verdict
“critiqué” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,024 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,024
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de criticar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-critique · critiqué · Spanish
critiqué · rank #79,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,024
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cristos
Nearest frequency peer: cristos (-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 “critiqué”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cramer
cramer
20,980 corpus weight
- cristos
cristos
20,978 corpus weight
- critiqué
critiqué
20,977 corpus weight
- crudamente
crudamente
20,975 corpus weight
- cucho
cucho
20,974 corpus weight
- cultivarse
cultivarse
20,973 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “critiqué” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | critiqué |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɾit̪iˈke] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “critiqué” en español
Rare enough to double-check
critiqué is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,024 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kɾit̪iˈke]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de criticar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for critiqué, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is critiqué, spelled C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de criticar.
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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