cyst
/sɪst/
"cyst" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyst” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,720
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyst · cyst · English
cyst · rank #24,720 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,720
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH custodian
Nearest frequency peer: custodian (-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 “cyst”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- criminally
criminally
75,285 corpus weight
- custodian
custodian
75,282 corpus weight
- cyst
cyst
75,281 corpus weight
- dah
dah
75,280 corpus weight
- decisively
decisively
75,279 corpus weight
- degeneration
degeneration
75,278 corpus weight
What this shows “cyst” 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 | cyst |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪst/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #24,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cyst”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cyst (IPA /sɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,720 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cyst, with forms such as "ccyst", "csyt", and "cysst". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cysts", "cystic", "CT", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin cystis, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”). The correct English form is cyst, spelled C-Y-S-T.
Definition
- 1A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
Etymology
From Late Latin cystis, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccyst
- csyt
- cysst
- cystt
- cyts
- cyyst
- ycst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cyst - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).