crime

\kʁim\

/\kʁim\/ noun

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The verdict

“crime” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,907
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infraction très grave, à la morale ou à la loi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crime · crime · French

crime · rank #1,907 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,907
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compétition

Nearest frequency peer: compétition (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crime »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « crime » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crime vs CRM
0% similar
crime vs Cris
40% similar
crime vs crue
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crime
PropertyValue
Headwordcrime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁim\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,907
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crime »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).crimese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « compétition » (#1,906), « croix » (#1,908), « description » (#1,909). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crime » est au #1,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around crime (IPA \kʁim\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,907 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for crime, with forms such as "ccrime", "cirme", and "criem". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRM", "Cris", "crue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is crime, spelled C-R-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Infraction très grave, à la morale ou à la loi.
  2. 2
    Infraction que la loi punit d’une peine infamante ou afflictive et infamante, par opposition au délit et à la contravention.
  3. 3
    Homicide volontaire, meurtre.
  4. 4
    Action blâmable ou condamnable.
  5. 5
    Faute légère.
  6. 6
    L'ensemble des personnes criminelles, des actes criminels.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how crime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’abbaye, dit-on, doit son origine à une comtesse Cuniga, une sorte de Barbe-Bleue en jupons, qui avait empoisonné ses sept maris et terrifiait toute la contrée par ses crimes.
  2. Tout s'est modernisé, et il y a de tout, sauf des gendarmes et des prisons, car le crime est encore inconnu.

This word in other languages

crime(English)crimen(Español)Verbrechen(Deutsch)crime(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrime
  • cirme
  • criem
  • crimme
  • crmie
  • crrime
  • rcime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crime - 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.

ccrime1cirme2criem2crimme1crmie2crrime1rcime2
Edit distance from "crime"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crime"?
"crime" is spelled C-R-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁim\.
What does "crime" mean?
As a noun, "crime" means: Infraction très grave, à la morale ou à la loi.
What words are commonly confused with "crime"?
"crime" is commonly confused with "CRM", "Cris", "crue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crime" is \kʁim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crime" come from?
"crime" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crime", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croix#1,908chute#1,904arabe#1,898fiche#1,917

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ajoute7 variantsjuifs7 variantssommet7 variantsquels7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list