Regimen or regiment?
regimen is a noun meaning “Orderly government; system of order; administration”; regiment is a noun meaning “A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of…”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) regiment is about 4.4 times as common as regimen.
What is the difference between regimen and regiment?
| regimen | regiment | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | Orderly government; system of order; administration Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation | A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units To form soldiers into a regiment To systematize, or put in rigid order |
| Example | (3.) Verbs admit two kinds of regimen: the direct regimen and the indirect regimen. (4.) The direct regimen, or immediate object … (5.) The… | What place is there in all the world, not ſubiect to the regiment and power of this citie? |
| Forms | regimens, regimina | regiments |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/ /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.mən/ | /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/ |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words | 8.5 times per million words |
Sources: regimen and regiment in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of regimen and regiment
regimen
- 1
Orderly government; system of order; administration
- 2
Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
- 3
Object
(3.) Verbs admit two kinds of regimen: the direct regimen and the indirect regimen. (4.) The direct regimen, or immediate object … (5.) The indirect regimen, or remote object…
- 4
A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government
- 5
datedDiet; limitations on the food that one eats, for health reasons
regiment
- 1
A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units
- 2
To form soldiers into a regiment
- 3
To systematize, or put in rigid order
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, regimen or regiment?
regimen appears 1.9 times per million words; regiment 8.5 times per million words.
regimen 1.9 times per million wordsregiment 8.5 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).