# hist

> English word · Interjection · IPA /hɪst/ · frequency rank #34,524

## Definitions
1. An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.
2. An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.

## Easily confused with
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hit)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hot)
- **HIV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hiv)
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hut)
- **HMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hms)
- **Hsu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hsu)
- **hos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hos)
- **hse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hse)
- **HRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hrt)
- **Hus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hus)
- **HTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hts)
- **HSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hsa)
- **Hsi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hsi)
- **hurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hurt)
- **host** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-host)
- **hits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hits)
- **hunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hunt)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hose)
- **holt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-holt)
- **hive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hist-vs-hive)

## Common misspellings (4)
`hhist`, `hisst`, `histt`, `ihst`

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