theistic
/θiˈɪstɪk/
"theistic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“theistic” is uncommon English (frequency #51,443 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,443
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to theism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-theistic · theistic · English
theistic · rank #51,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,443
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Theobald
Nearest frequency peer: Theobald (+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 “theistic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- telephoto
telephoto
48,562 corpus weight
- teriyaki
teriyaki
48,560 corpus weight
- theistic
theistic
48,558 corpus weight
- Theobald
Theobald
48,557 corpus weight
- Thessalonia…
Thessalonians
48,556 corpus weight
- thimble
thimble
48,555 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “theistic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | theistic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /θiˈɪstɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “theistic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
theistic is uncommon English at frequency #51,443 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /θiˈɪstɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to theism.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for theistic in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek. The correct English form is theistic, spelled T-H-E-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to theism.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek.
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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