elitist
/ɪˈliːtɪst/
"elitist" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“elitist” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,408
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to elitism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-elitist · elitist · English
elitist · rank #26,408 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,408
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH electrolyte
Nearest frequency peer: electrolyte (-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 “elitist”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- eczema
eczema
73,596 corpus weight
- ejection
ejection
73,595 corpus weight
- electrolyte
electrolyte
73,594 corpus weight
- elitist
elitist
73,593 corpus weight
- emphasise
emphasise
73,591 corpus weight
- emphatically
emphatically
73,590 corpus weight
What this shows “elitist” 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 | elitist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪˈliːtɪst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “elitist”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around elitist (IPA /ɪˈliːtɪst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,408 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of or relating to elitism.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for elitist, with forms such as "eiltist", "eliitst", and "elitisst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "elicit", "elitism", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From elite + -ist. The correct English form is elitist, spelled E-L-I-T-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to elitism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how elitist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And unlike his Davis, California homey DJ Shadow, who smothers tracks with avant-garde displays of turntable mastery, Mike isn't afraid to let his B-boy bouillabaisse coalesce into real bootylicious grooves that are more about moving the crowd than wowing elitist nerds who crowd around the DJ booth.
Etymology
From elite + -ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eiltist
- eliitst
- elitisst
- elitistt
- elitits
- elitsit
- elittist
- ellitist
- eltiist
- leitist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of elitist - 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 "elitist", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).