critiques

[kɾiˈt̪ikes]

/[kɾiˈt̪ikes]/ verb

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The verdict

“critiques” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,114 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,114
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de criticar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-critiques · critiques · Spanish

critiques · rank #54,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,114
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH crescendo

Nearest frequency peer: crescendo (-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 “critiques”

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 “critiques” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for critiques
PropertyValue
Headwordcritiques
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kɾiˈt̪ikes]
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,114
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “critiques” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.critiquescae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “crescendo” (#54,113), “Cthulhu” (#54,115), “cortita” (#54,112). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “critiques” va en #54,114. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

critiques is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,114 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kɾiˈt̪ikes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de criticar.".

critiques has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is critiques, spelled C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "critiques"?
"critiques" is spelled C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kɾiˈt̪ikes].
What does "critiques" mean?
As a verb, "critiques" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de criticar.
How do you pronounce "critiques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "critiques" is [kɾiˈt̪ikes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "critiques" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crescendo#54,113cucharita#54,117convivido#54,108compruebo#54,090

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list