acritique

\a.kʁi.tik\

/\a.kʁi.tik\/ adj

The verdict

“acritique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas critique, qui est non critique, qui n’est pas analytique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acritique · acritique · French

acritique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for acritique
PropertyValue
Headwordacritique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.kʁi.tik\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « acritique » en français

acritiquereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acritique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.kʁi.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for acritique in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented 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 French form is acritique, spelled A-C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas critique, qui est non critique, qui n’est pas analytique.
  2. 2
    Qui ne constitue pas une crise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how acritique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Trop de journalistes s’assujettissent bien volontairement à une sorte de technophilie acritique.
  2. Dans le même temps, des dispositions préoccupantes ont essaimé dans le camp démocrate. Et leur liste est tout aussi longue : mise en cause du vote populaire quand il produit un résultat qui ne convient pas ; regard acritique et béat sur l’histoire des États-Unis jusqu’à ce jour maudit où l’élection de M. Trump a tout gâché ; […].

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acritique"?
"acritique" is spelled A-C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kʁi.tik\.
What does "acritique" mean?
As an adjective, "acritique" means: Qui n’est pas critique, qui est non critique, qui n’est pas analytique.
How do you pronounce "acritique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acritique" is \a.kʁi.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acritique" come from?
"acritique" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list