cyclist
/ˈsaɪ.klɪst/
"cyclist" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyclist” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,317
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyclist · cyclist · English
cyclist · rank #13,317 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,317
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cushion
Nearest frequency peer: cushion (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cyclist”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- conveniently
conveniently
86,687 corpus weight
- courtroom
courtroom
86,686 corpus weight
- cushion
cushion
86,685 corpus weight
- cyclist
cyclist
86,684 corpus weight
- Diaz
Diaz
86,682 corpus weight
- dictate
dictate
86,681 corpus weight
What this shows “cyclist” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | cyclist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪ.klɪst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cyclist”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cyclist (IPA /ˈsaɪ.klɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,317 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cyclist, with forms such as "ccyclist", "ccylist", and "cycclist". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cycles", "cyclic", "cycling", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cycle + -ist, 1882. The correct English form is cyclist, spelled C-Y-C-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.
- 2A motorcyclist.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cyclist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A solitary cyclist was coming towards us. His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed on to the pedals. He was flying like a racer.
Most of the cyclists were members of the Pagans' Motorcycle Club of Washington.
Etymology
From cycle + -ist, 1882.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccyclist
- ccylist
- cycclist
- cycilst
- cyclisst
- cyclistt
- cyclits
- cycllist
- cyclsit
- cylcist
- cyyclist
- ycclist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cyclist - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cyclist", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).