Which to use
“criticar” is a verb and “crítico” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,511
- “criticar” frequency rank
- #3,064
- “crítico” frequency rank
- 8575
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criticar | crítico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de questionar, refletir analiticamente sobre algo | diz-se de estado médico de grande perigo para o paciente |
Letter map: criticar vs crítico
Shared letters muted; letters that set criticar and crítico apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. criticar runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against crítico's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: criticar vs crítico
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: criticar is averb and críticoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
criticar is recorded at frequency rank #5,511, classified as averb, pronounced /kɾi.ti.ˈkaɾ/. crítico is at rank #3,064, tagged as anadj.
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 8575, this pair ranks #65,147 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of criticar vs crítico
Shared letters: cirt. Private to "criticar": a. Private to "crítico": oí.
"criticar" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "crítico" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- criticar ← ccriticar · cirticar · criitcar · critciar · critiacr · criticarr · criticcar · criticra
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "criticar" and "crítico" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "criticar" or "crítico"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "criticar" and "crítico". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "criticar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crítico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,147 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "criticar" and "crítico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cortiço vs crítico". 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 #65,147 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.