loyalist
/ˈlɔɪəlɪst/
"loyalist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“loyalist” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,907
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-loyalist · loyalist · English
loyalist · rank #27,907 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,907
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Loeb
Nearest frequency peer: Loeb (-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 “loyalist”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- licensee
licensee
72,098 corpus weight
- locator
locator
72,096 corpus weight
- Loeb
Loeb
72,095 corpus weight
- loyalist
loyalist
72,094 corpus weight
- luz
luz
72,093 corpus weight
- Macpherson
Macpherson
72,091 corpus weight
What this shows “loyalist” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | loyalist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɔɪəlɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “loyalist”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around loyalist (IPA /ˈlɔɪəlɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,907 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for loyalist, with forms such as "lloyalist", "loaylist", and "loyailst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From loyal + -ist. Piecewise doublet of legalist. The correct English form is loyalist, spelled L-O-Y-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how loyalist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Most estimates place one-third of Americans as loyalist, one-third on the fence, to be swayed by whomever was winning, and one-third rebel.
Cobble Hill’s “first hipster bar” sports a “funky living room-ish setting” with “interesting” artwork on the walls and a “low-key” vibe in the air; a “cool” back garden and occasional “dorktastic trivia” contests lead loyalists to label it “one of the best on Atlantic” Avenue.
Etymology
From loyal + -ist. Piecewise doublet of legalist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lloyalist
- loaylist
- loyailst
- loyalisst
- loyalistt
- loyalits
- loyallist
- loyalsit
- loylaist
- loyyalist
- lyoalist
- olyalist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loyalist - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "loyalist", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).