# artist

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑːtɪst/ · frequency rank #1,656

## Definitions
1. A person who creates art.
2. A person who creates art.
3. A person who is skilled at some activity.
4. A recording artist.
5. A person who creates visual art (in contrast to literature, music etc.)

## Etymology
From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art + -ist.

## Easily confused with
- **arts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artist-vs-arts)
- **artsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artist-vs-artsy)
- **assist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artist-vs-assist)
- **autism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artist-vs-autism)
- **attest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artist-vs-attest)
- **artists** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artist-vs-artists)
- **artiste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artist-vs-artiste)
- **artistic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artist-vs-artistic)
- **artistry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artist-vs-artistry)
- **aris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aris-vs-artist)
- **arise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arise-vs-artist)
- **Artie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artie-vs-artist)
- **arrest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arrest-vs-artist)
- **artisan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artisan-vs-artist)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aritst`, `arrtist`, `artisst`, `artistt`, `artits`, `artsit`, `arttist`, `atrist`, `ratist`

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