herbalist
/ˈhɜːbəlɪst/
"herbalist" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“herbalist” is uncommon English (frequency #62,962 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,962
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-herbalist · herbalist · English
herbalist · rank #62,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,962
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Henriette
Nearest frequency peer: Henriette (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “herbalist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- HBC
HBC
37,044 corpus weight
- Henriette
Henriette
37,040 corpus weight
- herbalist
herbalist
37,039 corpus weight
- Herkimer
Herkimer
37,037 corpus weight
- hesitancy
hesitancy
37,035 corpus weight
- Hickson
Hickson
37,034 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “herbalist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herbalist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɜːbəlɪst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “herbalist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
herbalist is uncommon English at frequency #62,962 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɜːbəlɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for herbalist, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From herbal + -ist. The correct English form is herbalist, spelled H-E-R-B-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.
Etymology
From herbal + -ist.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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