ist
/ɪst/noun
ist is spelled I-S-T: 3 letters. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ist means “A practitioner or supporter of an ism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ist is ists or 🍇ists.
How many letters and syllables are in ist?
| Letters | 3: I-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th 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 ist?
Ist appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th 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 ist?
- /ɪst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl--ist.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-ist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ist?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ist.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: its, sit, tis.
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 ist
- more -ist comparative
- most -ist superlative
- ists plural
- 🍇ists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A practitioner or supporter of an ism.
adjective
- 1
Initialism of incompetent to stand trial.
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of first.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ist come from?
From the suffix -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).