# come vs crime

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### come
*verb · IPA /kʌm/ · frequency rank #161*
To move nearer to the point of perspective.

### crime
*noun · IPA /kɹaɪm/ · frequency rank #1,362*
A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/come-vs-crime