autocritique

\o.to.kʁi.tik\

/\o.to.kʁi.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“autocritique” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,172
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se juge soi-même.

Corpus desk

Index FR-autocritique · autocritique · French

autocritique · rank #42,172 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,172
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aurel

Nearest frequency peer: Aurel (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « autocritique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « autocritique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for autocritique
PropertyValue
Headwordautocritique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\o.to.kʁi.tik\
Letters12
Frequency rank#42,172
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « autocritique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).autocritiquese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Aurel » (#42,171), « avouant » (#42,173), « Aubrey » (#42,170). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « autocritique » est au #42,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around autocritique (IPA \o.to.kʁi.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,172 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui se juge soi-même.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for autocritique, with forms such as "atuocritique", "auotcritique", and "autcoritique". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 French form is autocritique, spelled A-U-T-O-C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se juge soi-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un esprit autocritique.

Synonyms

introspectif

This word in other languages

self-critical(English)autocrítico(Español)selbstkritisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atuocritique
  • auotcritique
  • autcoritique
  • autoccritique
  • autocirtique
  • autocriitque
  • autocritiqeu
  • autocritiqque
  • autocritiuqe
  • autocritqiue
  • autocrittique
  • autocrritique
  • autocrtiique
  • autorcitique
  • auttocritique
  • uatocritique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autocritique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atuocritique2auotcritique2autcoritique2autoccritique1autocirtique2autocriitque2autocritiqeu2autocritiqque1
Edit distance from "autocritique"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autocritique"?
"autocritique" is spelled A-U-T-O-C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.to.kʁi.tik\.
What does "autocritique" mean?
As an adjective, "autocritique" means: Qui se juge soi-même.
What are common misspellings of "autocritique"?
Common misspellings include "atuocritique", "auotcritique", "autcoritique", "autoccritique", "autocirtique". The correct spelling is "autocritique".
How do you pronounce "autocritique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autocritique" is \o.to.kʁi.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autocritique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

apparaîtront#42,157antipathique#42,155trimestriels#42,097cybernétique#42,267

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

campagnard16 variantscompilateur16 variantsséjournent16 variantsdeviendrais16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list