minster
/ˈmɪnstə/
"minster" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“minster” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,885. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,885
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A monastic church.
Corpus desk
Index EN-minster · minster · English
minster · rank #30,885 · 11 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,885
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mongering
Nearest frequency peer: mongering (+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 “minster”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- McNeil
McNeil
69,119 corpus weight
- MCS
MCS
69,118 corpus weight
- minster
minster
69,116 corpus weight
- mongering
mongering
69,115 corpus weight
- monotonous
monotonous
69,114 corpus weight
- morbidity
morbidity
69,113 corpus weight
What this shows “minster” 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 | minster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪnstə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “minster”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around minster (IPA /ˈmɪnstə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,885 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for minster, with forms such as "imnster", "minnster", and "minsetr". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "miser", "minute", "mister", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mynster (see mynisterie), from Old English mynster, from Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “monastery; solitary dwelling”). Doublet of monastery. The correct English form is minster, spelled M-I-N-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A monastic church.
- 2A cathedral church without any monastic connection.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how minster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[F]urther south in Kent, there was St. Mildred, whose mother, in 670, founded the minster that still stands there in good nick, with nine nuns who are an ever-present help in trouble to all religions and none.
Etymology
From Middle English mynster (see mynisterie), from Old English mynster, from Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “monastery; solitary dwelling”). Doublet of monastery.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imnster
- minnster
- minsetr
- minsster
- minsterr
- minstre
- minstter
- mintser
- misnter
- mminster
- mnister
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of minster - 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 "minster", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).