# cartoonist

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,361

## Definitions
1. One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon.
2. One who both writes and illustrates comic books or graphic novels.

## Etymology
From cartoon + -ist.

## Easily confused with
- **cartoonish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cartoonish-vs-cartoonist)

## Common misspellings (15)
`acrtoonist`, `carotonist`, `carrtoonist`, `cartonist`, `cartonoist`, `cartooinst`, `cartoonisst`, `cartoonistt`, `cartoonits`, `cartoonnist`, `cartoonsit`, `carttoonist`, `catroonist`, `ccartoonist`, `cratoonist`

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