pedocriminal
/ˈpiː.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/
"pedocriminal" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pedocriminal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who commits child sexual abuse; a child molester.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pedocriminal · pedocriminal · English
pedocriminal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pedocriminal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpiː.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pedocriminal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pedocriminal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpiː.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who commits child sexual abuse; a child molester.".
pedocriminal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “I love”)), and from Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (… The correct English form is pedocriminal, spelled P-E-D-O-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1A person who commits child sexual abuse; a child molester.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pedocriminal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Here lives pedocriminal J. Rivoire. The Canadian justice is asking for his extradition. France's is refusing. We are ashamed," the message reads, in French.https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.6716076
Etymology
From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “I love”)), and from Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“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.