# crime

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹaɪm/ · frequency rank #1,362

## Definitions
1. A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
2. Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
3. That which occasions crime.
4. Criminal acts collectively.
5. The habit or practice of committing crimes.

## Etymology
From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen. Displaced native Old English firen.

## Easily confused with
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crm)
- **Cris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-cris)
- **crit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crit)
- **crude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crude)
- **crisp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crisp)
- **crore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crore)
- **crumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crumb)
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-curie)
- **crump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crump)
- **Croke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-croke)
- **crimp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crimp)
- **crone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crone)
- **Crist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crist)
- **crimes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crimes)
- **cruise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-cruise)
- **crises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crises)
- **cringe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-cringe)
- **Crimea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crimea)
- **Crimean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crime-vs-crimean)
- **CME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cme-vs-crime)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccrime`, `cirme`, `criem`, `crimme`, `crmie`, `crrime`, `rcime`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crime