crimen
/ˈkɹaɪmən/noun
crimen is spelled C-R-I-M-E-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crimen means “An impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crimen is crimina.
How many letters and syllables are in crimen?
| Letters | 6: C-R-I-M-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is crimen?
Crimen appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crimen?
- /ˈkɹaɪmən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with crimen?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as crimen.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mincer.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of crimen
- crimina plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crimen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does crimen come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Latin crīmen (“verdict; adultery; crime”). Doublet of crime.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).