communist
/ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/
"communist" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“communist” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,144 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,144
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | communist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “communist” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for communist is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,144 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for communist, with forms such as "ccommunist", "cmomunist", and "commnuist". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "community", "communism", "communion", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist. The correct English form is communist, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
Etymology
From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccommunist,cmomunist,commnuist,commuinst,communisst,communistt,communits,communnist,communsit,comumnist,comunist,ocmmunist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of communist - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “communist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-M-U-N-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “community” - see the side-by-side comparison. communist vs community
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.