heist
/haɪst/noun, verb
heist is spelled H-E-I-S-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, heist means “A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of heist is heists.
How many letters and syllables are in heist?
| Letters | 5: H-E-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,342nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is heist?
Heist appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce heist?
- /haɪst/
Heist has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-heist.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with heist?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as heist.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sithe.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of heist
- heists plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- heisting participle, present
- heisted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does heist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
- 2
A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre.
verb
- 1
To steal, rob, or hold up (something).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Heist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | braquage, casse , voler |
| German | Raub, Raubzug, Einbruch, Überfall , rauben, stehlen |
| Portuguese | roubo, assalto , roubar |
| Spanish | robo, atraco , robar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does heist come from?
Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).