# blaster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈblɑːs.tə/ · frequency rank #26,015

## Definitions
1. Anything that, or anyone who blasts.
2. A device to detonate an explosive, often consisting of a box with a handle to be pressed down.
3. An unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires an energy pulse or beam.
4. A sand wedge.

## Etymology
From blast + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **buster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-buster)
- **blazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-blazer)
- **booster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-booster)
- **bolster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-bolster)
- **boasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-boasted)
- **blister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-blister)
- **blatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-blatter)
- **bluster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-bluster)
- **blast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blast-vs-blaster)
- **batter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batter-vs-blaster)
- **Baxter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baxter-vs-blaster)
- **banter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banter-vs-blaster)
- **beater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beater-vs-blaster)
- **barter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barter-vs-blaster)
- **bladder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bladder-vs-blaster)
- **blasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blasted-vs-blaster)
- **blacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacker-vs-blaster)

## Common misspellings (11)
`balster`, `bblaster`, `blasetr`, `blasster`, `blasterr`, `blastre`, `blastter`, `blatser`, `bllaster`, `blsater`, `lbaster`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blaster