duelist

noun

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"duelist" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“duelist” is uncommon English (frequency #86,227 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,227
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who fights a duel.

Corpus desk

Index EN-duelist · duelist · English

duelist · rank #86,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,227
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dumoulin

Nearest frequency peer: Dumoulin (+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 “duelist”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “duelist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for duelist
PropertyValue
Headwordduelist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “duelist” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).duelistfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Dumoulin” (#86,228), “doubletree” (#86,225), “durum” (#86,229). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “duelist” is #86,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

duelist is uncommon English at frequency #86,227 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who fights a duel.".

duelist has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From duel + -ist. The correct English form is duelist, spelled D-U-E-L-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who fights a duel.

Etymology

From duel + -ist.

Synonyms

dueler

This word in other languages

duelista(Español)duelliste(Français)Duellant(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duelist"?
"duelist" is spelled D-U-E-L-I-S-T.
What does "duelist" mean?
As a noun, "duelist" means: A person who fights a duel.
What is the origin of the word "duelist"?
From duel + -ist. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "duelist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

envying#86,247fuckboy#86,295cinched#86,144Gourley#86,319

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list