-ster
\stə\
The verdict
“-ster” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suffixe permettant de former le nom de celui qui pratique une activité à partir du verbe correspondant (en français : -eur, -euse).
Corpus desk
Index FR-ster · -ster · French
-ster · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -ster |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | \stə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
-ster is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed \stə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suffixe permettant de former le nom de celui qui pratique une activité à partir du verbe correspondant (en français : -eur, -euse).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for -ster, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is -ster, spelled --S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Suffixe permettant de former le nom de celui qui pratique une activité à partir du verbe correspondant (en français : -eur, -euse).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.