# raster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹæstɚ/ · frequency rank #46,719

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From German Raster, from Latin rāster, from rāstrum (“rake”, noun), from rādō (“to scrape”, verb).

## Easily confused with
- **rate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-rate)
- **rates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-rates)
- **rated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-rated)
- **riser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-riser)
- **razer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-razer)
- **rather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-rather)
- **roster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-roster)
- **rested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-rested)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-router)
- **ritter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-ritter)
- **rusher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-rusher)
- **renter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-renter)
- **rutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-rutter)
- **roasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-roasted)
- **rooster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-rooster)
- **roadster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-roadster)
- **remaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raster-vs-remaster)
- **racer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racer-vs-raster)
- **rarer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rarer-vs-raster)
- **rapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rapper-vs-raster)

## Common misspellings (9)
`arster`, `rasetr`, `rasster`, `rasterr`, `rastre`, `rastter`, `ratser`, `rraster`, `rsater`

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