criminology
"criminology" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“criminology” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,884
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criminology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #28,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “criminology” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around criminology, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,884 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for criminology, with forms such as "ccriminology", "cirminology", and "criimnology". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From criminal + -logy. The correct English form is criminology, spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
Etymology
From criminal + -logy.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccriminology
- cirminology
- criimnology
- criminloogy
- criminnology
- criminolgoy
- criminollogy
- criminologgy
- criminologyy
- criminoloyg
- criminoolgy
- crimionlogy
- crimminology
- crimniology
- crmiinology
- crriminology
- rciminology
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of criminology - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “criminology”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-I-M-I-N-O-L-O-G-Y - 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.