theist
/ˈθiːɪst/
"theist" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“theist” is uncommon English (frequency #74,572 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,572
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.
Corpus desk
Index EN-theist · theist · English
theist · rank #74,572 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,572
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Thanatos
Nearest frequency peer: Thanatos (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “theist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- telomerase
telomerase
25,433 corpus weight
- thana
thana
25,431 corpus weight
- Thanatos
Thanatos
25,430 corpus weight
- theist
theist
25,429 corpus weight
- Theodoric
Theodoric
25,428 corpus weight
- Thermopylae
Thermopylae
25,426 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “theist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | theist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈθiːɪst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “theist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
theist is uncommon English at frequency #74,572 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈθiːɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for theist, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + -ist. The correct English form is theist, spelled T-H-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how theist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and /or goddesses.
The theist is a man firmly persuaded of the existence of a Supreme Being as good as He is powerful, who has formed all beings with extension, vegetating, sentient and reflecting; who perpetuates their species, who punishes crimes without cruelty, and rewards virtuous actions with kindness.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + -ist.
Antonyms
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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