completist
/kəmˈpliːtɪst/noun, adjective
completist is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-T-I-S-T: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, completist means “A collector who strives to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing, especially a fan who aims to own or consume the complete output of a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of completist is completists.
How many letters and syllables are in completist?
| Letters | 10: C-O-M-P-L-E-T-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is completist?
Completist appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce completist?
- /kəmˈpliːtɪst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-completist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of completist
- completists plural
- more completist comparative
- most completist superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does completist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A collector who strives to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing, especially a fan who aims to own or consume the complete output of a particular author, publisher, musician or band.
- 2
A person who champions any philosophy which focuses on the completeness of something.
A completist philosopher holds that a definite complete body of knowledge exists to be discovered.
adjective
- 1
Which attempts to collect something completely.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Completist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense collector who strives to obtain a complete collection:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | complétiste |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does completist come from?
From complete + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).