# publicist

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,563

## Definitions
1. A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker.
2. A journalist, often a commentator, who focusses on politics.
3. A scholar, of public or international law.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French publiciste, equivalent to public + -ist.

## Easily confused with
- **publicity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/publicist-vs-publicity)
- **publicize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/publicist-vs-publicize)
- **publicised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/publicised-vs-publicist)

## Common misspellings (14)
`pbulicist`, `ppublicist`, `pubblicist`, `pubilcist`, `publciist`, `publiccist`, `publicisst`, `publicistt`, `publicits`, `publicsit`, `publiicst`, `publlicist`, `pulbicist`, `upblicist`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/publicist