crítico

adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,064

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

crítico is anPortugueseadj. It means: diz-se de estado médico de grande perigo para o paciente It ranks #3,064 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with cívico and crítica.

Key facts for crítico
PropertyValue
Headwordcrítico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,064
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of crítico in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for crítico is 7 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #3,064 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for crítico, with forms such as "ccrítico", "crrítico", and "crtíico". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "cívico", "crítica", "clínico", 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 Portuguese form is crítico, spelled C-R-Í-T-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    diz-se de estado médico de grande perigo para o paciente
  2. 2
    relativo à crise
  3. 3
    relativo à crítica

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrítico,crrítico,crtíico,críitco,crítcio,críticco,crítioc,críttico,círtico,rcítico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crítico

Misspelling Variants of "crítico"

ccrítico8crrítico8crtíico7críitco7crítcio7críticco8crítioc7críttico8
Misspelling Variants of "crítico"

Frequency rank: #3,064 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crítico"?
"crítico" is spelled C-R-Í-T-I-C-O.
What does "crítico" mean?
As an adj, "crítico" means: diz-se de estado médico de grande perigo para o paciente
What words are commonly confused with "crítico"?
"crítico" is commonly confused with "cívico", "crítica", "clínico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "crítico" come from?
"crítico" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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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.