nativist
"nativist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nativist” is uncommon English (frequency #70,947 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,947
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An advocate of nativism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nativist · nativist · English
nativist · rank #70,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,947
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH necking
Nearest frequency peer: necking (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “nativist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mutinous
mutinous
29,060 corpus weight
- nativist
nativist
29,054 corpus weight
- necking
necking
29,053 corpus weight
- neoplasm
neoplasm
29,050 corpus weight
- nephropathy
nephropathy
29,049 corpus weight
- nervy
nervy
29,048 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nativist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nativist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nativist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nativist is uncommon English at frequency #70,947 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An advocate of nativism.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nativist, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From native + -ist. The correct English form is nativist, spelled N-A-T-I-V-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1An advocate of nativism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nativist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The growers’ rebellion against E-Verify, and Mr. Smith’s contortions to buy them off, is further proof that the country cannot live without immigrant labor—no matter what the nativists may claim.
In short, mainstream parties no longer offer an element that every successful political project requires: a promise of a better world. But nativists still offer it. They solve the problem of climate change by pretending it doesn't exist.
Etymology
From native + -ist.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).