fister
/fɪstə/
"fister" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fister” is uncommon English (frequency #85,249 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,249
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Someone who takes part in the sexual practice of fisting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fister · fister · English
fister · rank #85,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,249
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH filthiest
Nearest frequency peer: filthiest (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fister”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Feild
Feild
14,756 corpus weight
- fenugreek
fenugreek
14,755 corpus weight
- filthiest
filthiest
14,753 corpus weight
- fister
fister
14,752 corpus weight
- Flanigan
Flanigan
14,748 corpus weight
- flatland
flatland
14,746 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fister” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fister |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɪstə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fister” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fister is uncommon English at frequency #85,249 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɪstə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who takes part in the sexual practice of fisting.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fister, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fist + -er. The correct English form is fister, spelled F-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who takes part in the sexual practice of fisting.
Etymology
From fist + -er.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.