# muster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmʌs.tə/ · frequency rank #16,757

## Definitions
1. A gathering.
2. A gathering.
3. A gathering.
4. A gathering.
5. Showing.
6. Showing.
7. Showing.
8. Showing.

## Etymology
From Middle English musteren, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer, moustrer (whence the noun monstre, which gave the English noun), from Latin mōnstrō (“to show”), from moneō (“to admonish”). Cognate with French montrer (“to show”), Italian mostrare (“to show”), Spanish mostrar (“to show”). See also monster.

## Easily confused with
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muster-vs-mute)
- **muted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muster-vs-muted)
- **musty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muster-vs-musty)
- **mutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muster-vs-mutter)
- **mystery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muster-vs-mystery)
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/must-vs-muster)
- **muse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muse-vs-muster)
- **meter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meter-vs-muster)
- **mater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mater-vs-muster)
- **muses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muses-vs-muster)
- **moser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moser-vs-muster)
- **miser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miser-vs-muster)
- **matter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matter-vs-muster)
- **master** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/master-vs-muster)
- **murder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/murder-vs-muster)
- **mister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mister-vs-muster)
- **muller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muller-vs-muster)
- **Mulder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mulder-vs-muster)
- **musket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/musket-vs-muster)
- **mussel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mussel-vs-muster)

## Common misspellings (9)
`mmuster`, `msuter`, `musetr`, `musster`, `musterr`, `mustre`, `mustter`, `mutser`, `umster`

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