typist
/ˈtaɪpɪst/
"typist" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“typist” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,719
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
Corpus desk
Index EN-typist · typist · English
typist · rank #45,719 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,719
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH twp
Nearest frequency peer: twp (-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 “typist”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tussle
tussle
54,284 corpus weight
- twp
twp
54,283 corpus weight
- typist
typist
54,282 corpus weight
- Tyr
Tyr
54,281 corpus weight
- uhuru
uhuru
54,279 corpus weight
- unaided
unaided
54,278 corpus weight
What this shows “typist” 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 | typist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtaɪpɪst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #45,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “typist”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around typist (IPA /ˈtaɪpɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,719 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for typist, with forms such as "tpyist", "ttypist", and "tyipst". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "typos", "types", "twist", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From type + -ist. The correct English form is typist, spelled T-Y-P-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how typist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
During that Sunday 42 typists in the Traffic Manager's office at Glasgow were working long hours to produce the staff duty diagrams and new timesheets for the improvised Airdrie-Helensburgh and Coatbridge-Balloch services; ...
Etymology
From type + -ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tpyist
- ttypist
- tyipst
- typisst
- typistt
- typits
- typpist
- typsit
- tyypist
- ytpist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of typist - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "typist", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).