hobbyist
/ˈhɒb.ɪ.ɪst/
"hobbyist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hobbyist” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,803
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hobbyist · hobbyist · English
hobbyist · rank #48,803 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,803
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hocus
Nearest frequency peer: hocus (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hobbyist”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Highbury
Highbury
51,201 corpus weight
- hing
hing
51,200 corpus weight
- hobbyist
hobbyist
51,198 corpus weight
- hocus
hocus
51,197 corpus weight
- Hollins
Hollins
51,196 corpus weight
- Horvath
Horvath
51,195 corpus weight
What this shows “hobbyist” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hobbyist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɒb.ɪ.ɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #48,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hobbyist”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around hobbyist (IPA /ˈhɒb.ɪ.ɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,803 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for hobbyist, with forms such as "hbobyist", "hhobbyist", and "hobbiyst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hobbit", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hobby + -ist. The correct English form is hobbyist, spelled H-O-B-B-Y-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.
- 2A client in a girlfriend experience.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hobbyist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This computer magazine is targeted at both professionals and hobbyists.
[Letters will not be answered if addressed] to a lady who is so busy with his own verses, or a scholar with a Greek scholium, or a hobbyist with his hobby, or any many with his own schemes and projects however good and important they may be, that he feels no interest in the concerns of others.
Etymology
From hobby + -ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hbobyist
- hhobbyist
- hobbiyst
- hobbyisst
- hobbyistt
- hobbyits
- hobbysit
- hobbyyist
- hobybist
- hobyist
- ohbbyist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hobbyist - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hobbyist", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).