seuil critique
The verdict
“seuil critique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Valeur limite au-delà de laquelle un système devient instable ou change brusquement de régime (transition, risque majeur, rupture de pente).
Corpus desk
Index FR-seuil-critique · seuil critique · French
seuil critique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | seuil critique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « seuil critique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
seuil critique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Valeur limite au-delà de laquelle un système devient instable ou change brusquement de régime (transition, risque majeur, rupture de pente).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for seuil critique, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is seuil critique, spelled S-E-U-I-L- -C-R-I-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Valeur limite au-delà de laquelle un système devient instable ou change brusquement de régime (transition, risque majeur, rupture de pente).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how seuil critique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce type de décompte est introduit en médecine par Sir Ronald Ross, médecin britannique et spécialiste du paludisme, qui démontre en 1911, avec un simple modèle, que la progression de la maladie peut être freinée efficacement une fois que la population de moustiques descend sous un seuil critique.
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.