psalmist
/ˈsɑːmɪst/
"psalmist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psalmist” is uncommon English (frequency #74,414 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,414
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A composer of psalms.
Corpus desk
Index EN-psalmist · psalmist · English
psalmist · rank #74,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,414
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pudong
Nearest frequency peer: Pudong (+2 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 “psalmist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Pressler
Pressler
25,592 corpus weight
- probly
probly
25,590 corpus weight
- psalmist
psalmist
25,587 corpus weight
- Pudong
Pudong
25,585 corpus weight
- punctually
punctually
25,583 corpus weight
- punditry
punditry
25,582 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “psalmist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psalmist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɑːmɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “psalmist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
psalmist is uncommon English at frequency #74,414 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɑːmɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for psalmist in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psalm + -ist. The correct English form is psalmist, spelled P-S-A-L-M-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A composer of psalms.
- 2A composer of one of the Biblical Psalms.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how psalmist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An environment which would have made a contented woman a poet, a suffering woman a devotee, a pious woman a psalmist, even a giddy woman thoughtful, made a rebellious woman saturnine.
The hunter is taken in his own snare, as the great Psalmist says.
Etymology
From psalm + -ist.
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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