meister
/ˈmaɪ̯stə(r)/
"meister" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“meister” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,334
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person of great skill or authority in a particular field
Corpus desk
Index EN-meister · meister · English
meister · rank #44,334 · 10 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,334
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mercifully
Nearest frequency peer: mercifully (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “meister”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- matriculati…
matriculation
55,672 corpus weight
- McClintock
McClintock
55,671 corpus weight
- Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg
55,669 corpus weight
- meister
meister
55,667 corpus weight
- mercifully
mercifully
55,666 corpus weight
- Mersey
Mersey
55,665 corpus weight
What this shows “meister” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meister |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmaɪ̯stə(r)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “meister”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around meister (IPA /ˈmaɪ̯stə(r)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,334 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person of great skill or authority in a particular field".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for meister, with forms such as "emister", "meisetr", and "meisster". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "meter", "miser", "mister", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Meister (“master, highly skilled tradesman; champion”), from Old High German meistar, from Latin magister, whence also English master, mister, magister, and maestro, making all these words doublets of each other. The correct English form is meister, spelled M-E-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person of great skill or authority in a particular field
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how meister appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The designated leaders so far include superstars like Harold Varmus, a Nobel laureate, and Eric Lander, genome meister.
Etymology
From German Meister (“master, highly skilled tradesman; champion”), from Old High German meistar, from Latin magister, whence also English master, mister, magister, and maestro, making all these words doublets of each other.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emister
- meisetr
- meisster
- meisterr
- meistre
- meistter
- meitser
- mesiter
- miester
- mmeister
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meister - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meister", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).