naturist
/ˈneɪt͡ʃəɹɪst/
"naturist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“naturist” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,334 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,334
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | naturist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈneɪt͡ʃəɹɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “naturist” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for naturist is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈneɪt͡ʃəɹɪst/. Corpus data places it at rank #65,334 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
naturist has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nature + -ist. The correct English form is naturist, spelled N-A-T-U-R-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.
- 2One who believes in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature.
Etymology
From nature + -ist.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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 “naturist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-A-T-U-R-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈneɪt͡ʃəɹɪst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.