organist
noun
organist is spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-S-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, organist means “A musician who plays the organ” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of organist is organists.
How many letters and syllables are in organist?
| Letters | 8: O-R-G-A-N-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,393rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is organist?
Organist appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce organist?
- US
Organist has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-organist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with organist?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as organist.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: roasting.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of organist
- organists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does organist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A musician who plays the organ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Organist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense musician who plays the organ:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | organiste |
| German | Organist, Organistin, Orgelspieler, Orgelspielerin |
| Portuguese | organista |
| Spanish | organista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does organist come from?
From Middle French organiste, from Medieval Latin organista. By surface analysis, organ + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).