hist
/hɪst/interjection, noun, verb
hist is spelled H-I-S-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, hist means “An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hist?
| Letters | 4: H-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th 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 hist?
Hist appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th 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 hist?
- /hɪst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hist
Also written: hoist.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with hist?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hist.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: this, hits, sith, tish.
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 hist
- hists plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- histing participle, present
- histed participle, past
- histt. plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
datedAn utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.
- 2
datedAn injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.
noun
- 1
History (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience").
noun
- 1
datedAn instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent.
- 2
Abbreviation of history.
verb
- 1
USPronunciation spelling of hoist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).