minster
min·ster/ˈmɪnstɚ/noun
minster is spelled M-I-N-S-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (min·ster). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Minster, the name). As a noun, minster means “A monastic church” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of minster is minsters.
How many letters and syllables are in minster?
| Letters | 7: M-I-N-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: min·ster |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is minster?
Minster appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Minster, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce minster?
- /ˈmɪnstə/
- US /ˈmɪnstɚ/
- /ˈmənstə/
Minster has 2 syllables, split min·ster in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-minster.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with minster?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as minster from its last stressed vowel (/ɪnstəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of minster
- minsters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does minster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A monastic church.
- 2
A cathedral church without any monastic connection.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Minster in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense monastic church:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does minster come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).