lobbyist
/ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/
"lobbyist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lobbyist” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,460. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,460
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.
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 | lobbyist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lobbyist” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around lobbyist (IPA /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,460 among 16,425 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for lobbyist, with forms such as "lbobyist", "llobbyist", and "lobbiyst". 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, "lobbying", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lobby + -ist. The correct English form is lobbyist, spelled L-O-B-B-Y-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.
Etymology
From lobby + -ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lbobyist,llobbyist,lobbiyst,lobbyisst,lobbyistt,lobbyits,lobbysit,lobbyyist,lobybist,lobyist,olbbyist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lobbyist - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “lobbyist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-O-B-B-Y-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lobbying” - see the side-by-side comparison. lobbyist vs lobbying
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.