kritisch
\kʁiːtɪʃ\
The verdict
“kritisch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Critique : analytique, réfléchi en pesant le pour et le contre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kritisch · kritisch · French
kritisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kritisch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kʁiːtɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kritisch » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kritisch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kʁiːtɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
kritisch has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is kritisch, spelled K-R-I-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Critique : analytique, réfléchi en pesant le pour et le contre.
- 2Critique : plutôt négatif.
- 3Critique : important, déterminant, vital pour la survie, le succès, etc.
- 4Critique : déterminant, pour un changement.
- 5Critique : se dit d’un état limite où se produit une transition, un changement de régime, etc.
- 6Critique : état limite pour une réaction en chaîne.
- 7Critique : caractérise un état dans lequel la survie est en danger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kritisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Kritische Rationalismus ist eine von Karl Popper begründete philosophische Weltanschauung.
Xi preist den Gründungsvater der Volksrepublik als «proletarischen Revolutionär, grossen Patrioten und Nationalhelden Chinas». Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Diktator, wie sie um die Jahrtausendwende noch möglich war, ist unerwünscht.
Synonyms
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.