conversationalist
/ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/
"conversationalist" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“conversationalist” is uncommon English (frequency #63,525 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,525
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who participates in a conversation.
| 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) |
Where “conversationalist” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
conversationalist is uncommon English at frequency #63,525 among 43,570 “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.
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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Using “conversationalist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-V-E-R-S-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.