# tester

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɛstə/ · frequency rank #21,383

## Definitions
1. A canopy over a bed.
2. Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.

## Etymology
From Middle English tester, from Old French testre, from Latin testura.

## Easily confused with
- **tests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tester-vs-tests)
- **texted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tester-vs-texted)
- **tether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tester-vs-tether)
- **testes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tester-vs-testes)
- **theater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tester-vs-theater)
- **toaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tester-vs-toaster)
- **twister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tester-vs-twister)
- **tweeter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tester-vs-tweeter)
- **test** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/test-vs-tester)
- **taste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taste-vs-tester)
- **taser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tester)
- **tater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tater-vs-tester)
- **tested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tested-vs-tester)
- **tender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tender-vs-tester)
- **tastes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tastes-vs-tester)
- **temper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temper-vs-tester)
- **tasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasted-vs-tester)
- **teller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tester)
- **teaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaser-vs-tester)
- **taster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taster-vs-tester)

## Common misspellings (9)
`etster`, `tesetr`, `tesster`, `testerr`, `testre`, `testter`, `tetser`, `tseter`, `ttester`

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