regime
/ɹəˈʒiːm/noun
regime is spelled R-E-G-I-M-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “regime vs regimen” about 1,000 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, regime means “Mode of rule or management” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of regime is regimes or régimes.
How many letters and syllables are in regime?
| Letters | 6: R-E-G-I-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,302nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is regime?
Regime appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd 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 regime?
- /ɹəˈʒiːm/
- /ɹeɪˈʒiːm/
- /ˈɹeɪʒiːm/
Regime has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-regime2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-regime1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-regime3.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with regime
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of regime
- regimes plural
- régime
- régimes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does regime mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Mode of rule or management.
a prison regime
- 2
A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
the dictator's regime
- 3
A period of rule.
- 4
A regulated system; a regimen.
a fitness regime
- 5
A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
- 6
A set of characteristics.
A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of regime.
There are many “Foucaults” – whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works. Personalities like Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) silenced c
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Regime in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mode of rule or management:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does regime come from?
From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).