# poster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpoʊstɚ/ · frequency rank #5,247

## Definitions
1. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
3. One who posts a message.
4. A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
5. A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
6. A dunk over a defending player.

## Etymology
From post + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **power** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-power)
- **posts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-posts)
- **powder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-powder)
- **potter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-potter)
- **punter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-punter)
- **potted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-potted)
- **pusher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-pusher)
- **putter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-putter)
- **pottery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-pottery)
- **posture** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-posture)
- **prosper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-prosper)
- **postwar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-postwar)
- **potters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-potters)
- **Prosser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-prosser)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/post-vs-poster)
- **pose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pose-vs-poster)
- **Peter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peter-vs-poster)
- **poker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-poster)
- **paste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-poster)
- **posed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posed-vs-poster)

## Common misspellings (9)
`opster`, `posetr`, `posster`, `posterr`, `postre`, `postter`, `potser`, `pposter`, `psoter`

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