criticité
\kʁi.ti.si.te\
The verdict
“criticité” is uncommon French (frequency #98,926 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,926
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État d’un milieu dans lequel s’entretient à niveau constant une réaction nucléaire en chaîne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criticité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁi.ti.si.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “criticité” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
criticité is uncommon French at frequency #98,926 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁi.ti.si.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for criticité, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is criticité, spelled C-R-I-T-I-C-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1État d’un milieu dans lequel s’entretient à niveau constant une réaction nucléaire en chaîne.
- 2Détermination et hiérarchisation du degré d’importance et de la disponibilité d’un système d’information ou d’un processus informatique.
- 3Dépendance énergétique à des ressources, notamment minérales, jugées « critiques » parce qu’elles sont rares ou incertaines.
- 4Caractère critique, hautement nécessaire, grande importance.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “criticité”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-I-T-I-C-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁi.ti.si.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.