regimen
/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/noun
regimen is spelled R-E-G-I-M-E-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “regime vs regimen” about 1,000 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, regimen means “Orderly government; system of order; administration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of regimen is regimens or regimina.
How many letters and syllables are in regimen?
| Letters | 7: R-E-G-I-M-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th 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 regimen?
Regimen appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 regimen?
- UK /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/
- US /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/
- US /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.mən/
Regimen has 3 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: En-us-regimen.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with regimen
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 regimen
- regimens plural
- regimina plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does regimen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Orderly government; system of order; administration.
- 2
Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.
- 3
Object.
(3.) Verbs admit two kinds of regimen: the direct regimen and the indirect regimen. (4.) The direct regimen, or immediate object … (5.) The indirect regimen, or remote object [....]
- 4
A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.
- 5
datedDiet; limitations on the food that one eats, for health reasons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Regimen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 regimen come from?
From Middle English regimen, from Middle French regimen and its etymon, Latin regimen (“guidance, direction, government, rule”). Doublet of regime.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).