mobster
/ˈmɒb.stə/
"mobster" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mobster” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,834
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a mob or Mafia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mobster · mobster · English
mobster · rank #35,834 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,834
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mists
Nearest frequency peer: mists (-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 “mobster”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- melanin
melanin
64,172 corpus weight
- Messina
Messina
64,171 corpus weight
- mists
mists
64,168 corpus weight
- mobster
mobster
64,167 corpus weight
- Montevideo
Montevideo
64,166 corpus weight
- musty
musty
64,163 corpus weight
What this shows “mobster” 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 | mobster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɒb.stə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mobster”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around mobster (IPA /ˈmɒb.stə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,834 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A member of a mob or Mafia.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mobster, with forms such as "mboster", "mmobster", and "mobbster". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "moser", "muster", "monster", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mob + -ster. The correct English form is mobster, spelled M-O-B-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A member of a mob or Mafia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mobster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The proprietor was a "Zip" — a Sicilian-born mobster — who was running a gambling operation that cut into Godfather Gotti's turf.
Most of the carpet joints were run by the mobsters and local henchmen associated with the Mayfield Road Gang, but Peter Schmidt's Playtorium and Glenn Rendezvous were also included.
Etymology
From mob + -ster.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mboster
- mmobster
- mobbster
- mobsetr
- mobsster
- mobsterr
- mobstre
- mobstter
- mobtser
- mosbter
- ombster
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mobster - 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 "mobster", 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).