ageist
/ˈeɪ̯.dʒɪst/
"ageist" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ageist” is uncommon English (frequency #87,005 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,005
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ageist · ageist · English
ageist · rank #87,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,005
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aeron
Nearest frequency peer: Aeron (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “ageist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- abscond
abscond
13,002 corpus weight
- Adem
Adem
12,999 corpus weight
- Aeron
Aeron
12,998 corpus weight
- ageist
ageist
12,996 corpus weight
- Ajo
Ajo
12,992 corpus weight
- alastor
alastor
12,991 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ageist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ageist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈeɪ̯.dʒɪst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ageist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ageist is uncommon English at frequency #87,005 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈeɪ̯.dʒɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ageist in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From age + -ist. The correct English form is ageist, spelled A-G-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ageist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Upon hearing that his employer would soon require yearly physical examinations and vision screening, my father exclaimed that the policy was ageist.
Even though she had succeeded in the phone interview, when the ageist employer learned that the candidate was only 18 years old, she became hesitant.
Etymology
From age + -ist.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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