# heist

> English word · Noun · IPA /haɪst/ · frequency rank #17,379

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.

## Easily confused with
- **his** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-his)
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hit)
- **hes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hes)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-het)
- **host** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-host)
- **hint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hint)
- **hers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hers)
- **Hess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hess)
- **hiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hiss)
- **hilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hilt)
- **hist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hist)
- **HIIT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hiit)
- **hoist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hoist)
- **hurst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hurst)
- **Hesse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hesse)
- **horst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-horst)
- **Herat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-herat)
- **Hewitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heist-vs-hewitt)
- **he's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/he-s-vs-heist)
- **heat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heat-vs-heist)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ehist`, `heisst`, `heistt`, `heits`, `hesit`, `hheist`, `hiest`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/heist