typist
typ·ist/ˈtaɪpɪst/noun
typist is spelled T-Y-P-I-S-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (typ·ist). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, typist means “A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of typist is typists.
How many letters and syllables are in typist?
| Letters | 6: T-Y-P-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: typ·ist |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is typist?
Typist appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce typist?
- /ˈtaɪpɪst/
Typist has 2 syllables, split typ·ist in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-typist.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-typist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with typist?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as typist.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spitty.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of typist
- typists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does typist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Typist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who types:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dactylo, dactylographe |
| German | Maschinenschreiber, Maschinschreiber, Schreibkraft, Maschinenschreiberin, Maschinschreiberin, Tippse |
| Portuguese | dactilógrafo, datilógrafo |
| Spanish | mecanógrafo, mecanógrafa, dactilógrafo, dactilógrafa, taipista, tipiador |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does typist come from?
From type + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).