# purist

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpjʊəɹɪst/ · frequency rank #47,854

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to purism.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French puriste. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ist.

## Easily confused with
- **purse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purist-vs-purse)
- **purity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purist-vs-purity)
- **Purvis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purist-vs-purvis)
- **puri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-purist)
- **Paris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paris-vs-purist)
- **print** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/print-vs-purist)
- **prism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prism-vs-purist)
- **priest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priest-vs-purist)
- **parish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parish-vs-purist)
- **punish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punish-vs-purist)
- **perish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perish-vs-purist)
- **purest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purest-vs-purist)
- **purify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purify-vs-purist)
- **persist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/persist-vs-purist)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ppurist`, `pruist`, `puirst`, `purisst`, `puristt`, `purits`, `purrist`, `pursit`, `uprist`

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