jist
/d͡ʒəst/
"jist" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jist” is uncommon English (frequency #69,162 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,162
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nonstandard spelling of just.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jist · jist · English
jist · rank #69,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,162
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH JIS
Nearest frequency peer: JIS (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jist”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jeepers
jeepers
30,844 corpus weight
- Jewishness
Jewishness
30,842 corpus weight
- JIS
JIS
30,840 corpus weight
- jist
jist
30,839 corpus weight
- Judaic
Judaic
30,835 corpus weight
- Jumeirah
Jumeirah
30,834 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jist” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /d͡ʒəst/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jist” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jist is uncommon English at frequency #69,162 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /d͡ʒəst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nonstandard spelling of just.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jist, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is jist, spelled J-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Nonstandard spelling of just.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.