# bluster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈblʌs.tə/ · frequency rank #48,092

## Definitions
1. Pompous, officious talk.
2. A gust of wind.
3. Fitful noise and violence.

## Etymology
From Middle English blusteren (“to wander about aimlessly”); however, apparently picking up the modern sense from Middle Low German blüstren (“to blow violently”; compare later Low German blustern, blistern). Related to blow, blast. Compare also Saterland Frisian bloasje (“to blow”), bruusje (“to bluster”).

## Easily confused with
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bluster-vs-butter)
- **busted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bluster-vs-busted)
- **buster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bluster-vs-buster)
- **busier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bluster-vs-busier)
- **booster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bluster-vs-booster)
- **bolster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bluster-vs-bolster)
- **blasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blasted-vs-bluster)
- **blunder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunder-vs-bluster)
- **blaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-bluster)
- **blister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blister-vs-bluster)
- **blushes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blushes-vs-bluster)
- **blushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blushed-vs-bluster)
- **blatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blatter-vs-bluster)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbluster`, `blluster`, `blsuter`, `blusetr`, `blusster`, `blusterr`, `blustre`, `blustter`, `blutser`, `bulster`, `lbuster`

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