# mastery

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɑːs.t(ə.)ɹi/ · frequency rank #13,562

## Definitions
1. The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
2. Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.
3. The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise.
4. A contest for superiority.
5. A masterly operation; a feat.
6. The philosopher's stone.

## Etymology
From Middle English maistery, maistrie, mastere, mastry, from Old French maistrie, equivalent to master + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **mater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mastery-vs-mater)
- **matter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mastery-vs-matter)
- **misery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mastery-vs-misery)
- **mister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mastery-vs-mister)
- **muster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mastery-vs-muster)
- **matters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mastery-vs-matters)
- **mystery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mastery-vs-mystery)
- **monastery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mastery-vs-monastery)
- **master** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/master-vs-mastery)
- **Massey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/massey-vs-mastery)
- **masters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masters-vs-mastery)
- **masonry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/masonry-vs-mastery)
- **Margery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/margery-vs-mastery)

## Common misspellings (11)
`amstery`, `masetry`, `masstery`, `masterry`, `masteryy`, `masteyr`, `mastrey`, `masttery`, `matsery`, `mmastery`, `msatery`

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