# Christ

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kɹaɪst/ · frequency rank #1,687

## Definitions
1. The anointed one, the savior predicted by the Old Testament.
2. A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.
3. A surname.

## Etymology
From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Chrīst(us), from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee.

## Easily confused with
- **Cris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-cris)
- **crit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-crit)
- **crisp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-crisp)
- **crust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-crust)
- **crest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-crest)
- **Crist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-crist)
- **Cristo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-cristo)
- **Christy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-christy)
- **Christa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-christa)
- **Christie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-christie)
- **christen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-christen)
- **chit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-christ)
- **Chris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chris-vs-christ)
- **chest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-christ)
- **chaise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-christ)
- **cherish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cherish-vs-christ)
- **chemist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chemist-vs-christ)
- **chariot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chariot-vs-christ)
- **Chrissy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chrissy-vs-christ)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cchrist`, `chhrist`, `chirst`, `chrisst`, `christt`, `chrits`, `chrrist`, `chrsit`, `crhist`, `hcrist`

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