statist
/ˈsteɪtɪst/
"statist" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“statist” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,791
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A supporter of statism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-statist · statist · English
statist · rank #46,791 · 11 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,791
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH starburst
Nearest frequency peer: starburst (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “statist”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sortie
sortie
53,214 corpus weight
- Sotomayor
Sotomayor
53,213 corpus weight
- standish
standish
53,212 corpus weight
- starburst
starburst
53,211 corpus weight
- statist
statist
53,210 corpus weight
- statuette
statuette
53,209 corpus weight
What this shows “statist” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | statist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsteɪtɪst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “statist”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around statist (IPA /ˈsteɪtɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,791 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for statist, with forms such as "sattist", "sstatist", and "staitst". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "stats", "status", "stylist", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From state + -ist. The correct English form is statist, spelled S-T-A-T-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A supporter of statism.
- 2A statistician.
- 3A skilled politician or one with political power, knowledge or influence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how statist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[O]ur Tympanouſe ſtatiſts / (In their affected grauitie of voice, / Sovverneſſe of countenance, maners crueltie, / Authoritie, vvealth, and all the ſpavvne of Fortune) / Thinke they beare all the kingdomes vvorth before them; […]
Statists and Politicians, unto whom Ragione di Stato is the first Considerable, as though it were their business to deceive the people, as a Maxim, do hold, that truth is to be concealed from them […].
Etymology
From state + -ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sattist
- sstatist
- staitst
- statisst
- statistt
- statits
- statsit
- stattist
- sttaist
- sttatist
- tsatist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of statist - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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