crimen

/[ˈkɾimẽn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,807

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

crimen is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o negligencia que agravia el bienestar público o la moral o los intereses del estado y que esta legalmente prohibido. Pronounced [ˈkɾimẽn]. It ranks #1,807 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cuiden and crucen.

Key facts for crimen
PropertyValue
Headwordcrimen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɾimẽn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,807
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of crimen in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for crimen is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɾimẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,807 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for crimen, with forms such as "ccrimen", "cirmen", and "criemn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cuiden", "crucen", "crímenes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is crimen, spelled C-R-I-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o negligencia que agravia el bienestar público o la moral o los intereses del estado y que esta legalmente prohibido.
  2. 2
    Ofensa o acción indebida o reprobable.
  3. 3
    La actividad criminal o de la delincuencia.
  4. 4
    Acción contraria a la ley, que conlleva sanción y es más grave que un delito.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrimen,cirmen,criemn,crimenn,crimmen,crimne,crmien,crrimen,rcimen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crimen

Misspelling Variants of "crimen"

ccrimen7cirmen6criemn6crimenn7crimmen7crimne6crmien6crrimen7
Misspelling Variants of "crimen"

Frequency rank: #1,807 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crimen"?
"crimen" is spelled C-R-I-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɾimẽn].
What does "crimen" mean?
As a noun, "crimen" means: Acción o negligencia que agravia el bienestar público o la moral o los intereses del estado y que esta legalmente prohibido.
What words are commonly confused with "crimen"?
"crimen" is commonly confused with "cuiden", "crucen", "crímenes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crimen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crimen" is [ˈkɾimẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crimen" come from?
"crimen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.