autist
/ˈɔː.tɪst/
"autist" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“autist” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An autistic person, a person with autism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-autist · autist · English
autist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɔː.tɪst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “autist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
autist is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɔː.tɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for autist, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From autism + -ist. The correct English form is autist, spelled A-U-T-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1An autistic person, a person with autism.
- 2A person characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, low self-awareness and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how autist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Most autists are not artists, as most artists are not autists; but in the chance of their coming together […] there must, I think, be an interaction between the two, so that the art takes on some of the strengths and weaknesses of autism […]
Like children and animals, autists have relatively rudimentary conceptual lives.
Etymology
From autism + -ist.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.