enthusiast
/ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/
"enthusiast" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enthusiast” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,809
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enthusiast · enthusiast · English
enthusiast · rank #15,809 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,809
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH endlessly
Nearest frequency peer: endlessly (-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 “enthusiast”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Dorset
Dorset
84,195 corpus weight
- endlessly
endlessly
84,193 corpus weight
- enthusiast
enthusiast
84,192 corpus weight
- epilepsy
epilepsy
84,191 corpus weight
- estimation
estimation
84,190 corpus weight
- ethanol
ethanol
84,189 corpus weight
What this shows “enthusiast” 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 | enthusiast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “enthusiast”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around enthusiast (IPA /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,809 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for enthusiast, with forms such as "enhtusiast", "ennthusiast", and "enthhusiast". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "enthusiastic", "enthusiasm", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm. The correct English form is enthusiast, spelled E-N-T-H-U-S-I-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
- 2A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enthusiast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily.
I would challenge any rock enthusiast to refrain from tapping his/her foot when listening to such music.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enhtusiast
- ennthusiast
- enthhusiast
- enthsuiast
- enthuisast
- enthusaist
- enthusiasst
- enthusiastt
- enthusiats
- enthusisat
- enthussiast
- entthusiast
- entuhsiast
- etnhusiast
- nethusiast
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enthusiast - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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