# roster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɒs.tə/ · frequency rank #6,176

## Definitions
1. A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.
2. A list of the jobs to be performed by members of an organization and often with the date and time that they are expected to perform them.
3. A schedule or timetable setting out shift times and dates for each employee of a business.
4. A bracketed list that shows the elements of a set.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.

## Easily confused with
- **rote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-rote)
- **route** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-route)
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-rover)
- **rotor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-rotor)
- **rower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-rower)
- **routes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-routes)
- **rotten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-rotten)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-router)
- **routed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-routed)
- **Rostov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-rostov)
- **rusher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-rusher)
- **rutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roster-vs-rutter)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rose-vs-roster)
- **roger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roger-vs-roster)
- **roses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roses-vs-roster)
- **Rosie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosie-vs-roster)
- **rosen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rosen-vs-roster)
- **roper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roper-vs-roster)
- **riser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riser-vs-roster)
- **roller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roller-vs-roster)

## Common misspellings (9)
`orster`, `rosetr`, `rosster`, `rosterr`, `rostre`, `rostter`, `rotser`, `rroster`, `rsoter`

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