-ist
\ɪst\
The verdict
“-ist” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - -iste, suffixe des substantifs masculins, servant à former un nom correspondant à une profession ou une activité. Suffixe des substantifs masculins avec des racines de langue étrangère des personne...
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Index FR-ist · -ist · French
-ist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -ist |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | \ɪst\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
-ist is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed \ɪst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "-iste, suffixe des substantifs masculins, servant à former un nom correspondant à une profession ou une activité. Suffixe des substantifs masculins avec des racines de langue étrangère des personne...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for -ist, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is -ist, spelled --I-S-T.
Definition
- 1-iste, suffixe des substantifs masculins, servant à former un nom correspondant à une profession ou une activité. Suffixe des substantifs masculins avec des racines de langue étrangère des personnes adeptes d’une idéologie ou d’une théorie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.