Satanist
"satanist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Satanist” is uncommon English (frequency #58,992 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,992
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who identifies with Anton Szandor LaVey's philosophical teachings and the religion, Satanism, founded upon it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-satanist · Satanist · English
Satanist · rank #58,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,992
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Santee
Nearest frequency peer: Santee (-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 “Satanist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Salgado
Salgado
41,014 corpus weight
- salutary
salutary
41,013 corpus weight
- Sandhu
Sandhu
41,012 corpus weight
- Santee
Santee
41,011 corpus weight
- Satanist
Satanist
41,009 corpus weight
- Schick
Schick
41,006 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Satanist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Satanist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Satanist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Satanist is uncommon English at frequency #58,992 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Satanist, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Satan + -ist. The correct English form is Satanist, spelled S-A-T-A-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1One who identifies with Anton Szandor LaVey's philosophical teachings and the religion, Satanism, founded upon it.
- 2One who worships Satan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Satanist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Examples of Satanists include Luciferians and Laveyans.
Etymology
From Satan + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).