conversationalist
/ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/
"conversationalist" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“conversationalist” is uncommon English (frequency #63,525 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,525
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who participates in a conversation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-conversationalist · conversationalist · English
conversationalist · rank #63,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,525
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH copse
Nearest frequency peer: copse (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “conversationalist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- comeuppance
comeuppance
36,480 corpus weight
- confiding
confiding
36,478 corpus weight
- conversatio…
conversationalist
36,476 corpus weight
- copse
copse
36,475 corpus weight
- cormorant
cormorant
36,473 corpus weight
- crafter
crafter
36,469 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “conversationalist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conversationalist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #63,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “conversationalist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
conversationalist is uncommon English at frequency #63,525 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for conversationalist, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From conversational + -ist. The correct English form is conversationalist, spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who participates in a conversation.
- 2A person skilled in general conversation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how conversationalist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If you can just ask questions about a person and nod sagely then they will leave thinking you are a brilliant conversationalist.
But Shulgin, while a nimble conversationalist, can have trouble with names — of people and places, never chemicals.
Etymology
From conversational + -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); 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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