crit

/\ˈkɾit\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,770

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

crit is aFrenchnoun. It means: Cri. Pronounced \ˈkɾit\. Often confused with Ct and cru.

Key facts for crit
PropertyValue
Headwordcrit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɾit\
Letters4
Frequency rank#32,770
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of crit in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for crit is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈkɾit\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,770 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cri.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for crit, with forms such as "ccrit", "cirt", and "critt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ct", "cru", "CRS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is crit, spelled C-R-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cri.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrit,cirt,critt,crrit,crti,rcit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crit

Misspelling Variants of "crit"

ccrit5cirt4critt5crrit5crti4rcit4
Misspelling Variants of "crit"

Frequency rank: #32,770 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crit"?
"crit" is spelled C-R-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɾit\.
What does "crit" mean?
As a noun, "crit" means: Cri.
What words are commonly confused with "crit"?
"crit" is commonly confused with "Ct", "cru", "CRS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crit" is \ˈkɾit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crit" come from?
"crit" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.