Which to use
“chimed” is a verb and “crime” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,116
- “chimed” frequency rank
- #1,362
- “crime” frequency rank
- 45478
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chimed | crime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of chime | A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law. |
Where the eye mixes chimed and crime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. chimed runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against crime's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: chimed vs crime
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chimed is /t͡ʃaɪmd/ while crime is /kɹaɪm/. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chimed is recorded at frequency rank #44,116, classified as averb, pronounced /t͡ʃaɪmd/. crime is at rank #1,362, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹaɪm/.
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 45478, this pair ranks #220,920 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chimed vs crime
Shared letters: ceim. Private to "chimed": dh. Private to "crime": r.
"chimed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "crime" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chimed" and "crime" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chimed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,920 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chimed" and "crime" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chimed vs chives". 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 #220,920 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.