accriminate
/əˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/
"accriminate" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“accriminate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To accuse of a crime.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | accriminate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “accriminate” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
accriminate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To accuse of a crime.".
Zero misspellings are on record for accriminate in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ac- (“to”) + criminate (“accuse”). The correct English form is accriminate, spelled A-C-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To accuse of a crime.
Etymology
From ac- (“to”) + criminate (“accuse”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “accriminate”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-C-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.