crimen
[ˈkɾimẽn]
The verdict
“crimen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,807
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o negligencia que agravia el bienestar público o la moral o los intereses del estado y que esta legalmente prohibido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-crimen · crimen · Spanish
crimen · rank #1,807 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,807
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH condición
Nearest frequency peer: condición (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “crimen”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cargos
cargos
98,197 corpus weight
- comienzo
comienzo
98,196 corpus weight
- condición
condición
98,195 corpus weight
- crimen
crimen
98,194 corpus weight
- cuantos
cuantos
98,193 corpus weight
- diego
diego
98,191 corpus weight
What this shows “crimen” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crimen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɾimẽn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “crimen”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around crimen (IPA [ˈkɾimẽn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,807 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for crimen, with forms such as "ccrimen", "cirmen", and "criemn". 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. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cuiden", "crucen", "crímenes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is crimen, spelled C-R-I-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o negligencia que agravia el bienestar público o la moral o los intereses del estado y que esta legalmente prohibido.
- 2Ofensa o acción indebida o reprobable.
- 3La actividad criminal o de la delincuencia.
- 4Acción contraria a la ley, que conlleva sanción y es más grave que un delito.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crimen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El asesinato es un crimen que no prescribe
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrimen
- cirmen
- criemn
- crimenn
- crimmen
- crimne
- crmien
- crrimen
- rcimen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crimen - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "crimen"?
What does "crimen" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "crimen"?
How do you pronounce "crimen"?
What language does "crimen" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crimen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).