# regimen

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/ · frequency rank #19,958

## Definitions
1. Orderly government; system of order; administration.
2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.
3. 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. Diet; limitations on the food that one eats, for health reasons.

## Etymology
From Middle English regimen, from Middle French regimen and its etymon, Latin regimen (“guidance, direction, government, rule”). Doublet of regime.

## Easily confused with
- **region** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regimen-vs-region)
- **regiment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regimen-vs-regiment)
- **regiments** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regimen-vs-regiments)
- **regime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regime-vs-regimen)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ergimen`, `reggimen`, `regiemn`, `regimenn`, `regimmen`, `regimne`, `regmien`, `reigmen`, `rgeimen`, `rregimen`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/regimen