criminal offence
"criminal-offence" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“criminal offence” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A crime.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criminal offence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “criminal offence” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
criminal offence is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A crime.".
criminal offence doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is criminal offence, spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L- -O-F-F-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A crime.
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 “criminal offence”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L- -O-F-F-E-N-C-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.