Which to use
“critique” is an adjective and “critiquée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #934
- “critique” frequency rank
- #17,399
- “critiquée” frequency rank
- 18333
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | critique | critiquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui annonce une crise, qui a rapport à la crise. | Participe passé féminin singulier de critiquer. |
Where the eye mixes critique and critiquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. critique runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against critiquée's 9 (CCVCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between critique and critiquée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: critique is \kʁi.tik\ while critiquée is \kʁi.ti.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18333, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
critique is recorded at frequency rank #934, classified as anadj, pronounced \kʁi.tik\. critiquée is at rank #17,399, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁi.ti.ke\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18333, this pair ranks #378,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of critique vs critiquée
Shared letters: ceiqrtu. Private to "critique": -. Private to "critiquée": é.
"critique" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "critiquée" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- critique ← ccritique · cirtique · criitque · critiqeu · critiqque · critiuqe · critqiue · crittique
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "critique" and "critiquée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "critique" or "critiquée"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "critique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "critiquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "critique" and "critiquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "critiquée vs critiquées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #378,865 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.