raster
/ˈɹæstɚ/noun, verb
raster is spelled R-A-S-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, raster means “A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image projected on a cathode-ray tube of a television set or display screen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of raster is rasters.
How many letters and syllables are in raster?
| Letters | 6: R-A-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 raster?
Raster appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce raster?
- US /ˈɹæstɚ/
- Australia /ˈɹɑːstə(ɹ)/
Raster has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with raster?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as raster from its last stressed vowel (/æstəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: arrest, starer.
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 raster
- rasters plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rastering participle, present
- rastered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does raster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image projected on a cathode-ray tube of a television set or display screen.
- 2
A bitmap image, consisting of a grid of pixels, stored as a sequence of lines.
verb
- 1
To scan in parallel lines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Raster in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Raster , Rasterbild, Rastergrafik, Pixelgrafik |
| Portuguese | raster, matricial |
| Spanish | ráster |
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 raster come from?
From German Raster, from Latin rāster, from rāstrum (“rake”, noun), from rādō (“to scrape”, verb).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).