kist
"kist" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kist” is uncommon English (frequency #95,042 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,042
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of kiss.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kist · kist · English
kist · rank #95,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,042
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH kirtan
Nearest frequency peer: kirtan (-2 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 “kist”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kimpton
Kimpton
4,964 corpus weight
- Kinley
Kinley
4,962 corpus weight
- kirtan
kirtan
4,961 corpus weight
- kist
kist
4,959 corpus weight
- Kobane
Kobane
4,955 corpus weight
- kodama
kodama
4,954 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kist” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kist” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kist is uncommon English at frequency #95,042 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of kiss.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kist, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is kist, spelled K-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of kiss.
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.