# atheist

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈeɪθiɪst/ · frequency rank #12,545

## Definitions
1. A person who does not believe in deities or gods.
2. A person who does not believe in deities or gods.
3. A person who does not believe in deities or gods.
4. A person who does not believe in deities or gods.
5. A person who does not believe in a particular deity (but may believe in another deity).
6. A person who does not believe in any religion (not even a religion without gods); a nonreligious person.

## Etymology
From Middle French athéiste (athée + -iste), from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless, without god”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + θεός (theós, “god”).

## Easily confused with
- **Athens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atheist-vs-athens)
- **attest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atheist-vs-attest)
- **atheism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atheism-vs-atheist)
- **Amherst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amherst-vs-atheist)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ahteist`, `atehist`, `atheisst`, `atheistt`, `atheits`, `athesit`, `athheist`, `athiest`, `attheist`, `taheist`

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