whist
\wist\
The verdict
“whist” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu de cartes à levées qui se joue à quatre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-whist · whist · French
whist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | whist |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wist\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
whist is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for whist in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is whist, spelled W-H-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Jeu de cartes à levées qui se joue à quatre.
- 2Whist à la couleur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how whist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le whist de l’abbé Duret faisait une utile diversion aux quasi-monologues de la divinité.
Hulot revint chez lui, marchant en furieux, se parlant à lui-même, et trouva sa famille faisant avec calme le whist à deux sous la fiche qu’il avait vu commencer.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.