sartrevsStarteWhich spelling fits?

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“sartre” and “Starte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,188
“sartre” frequency rank
#16,555
“Starte” frequency rank
56743
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sartre Starte
Definition der Schneider selten: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Start

Letter map: sartre vs Starte

Shared letters muted; letters that set sartre and Starte apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
sartre
6 ch
Starte

Spelling & dictionary notes on sartre vs Starte

sartre and Starte are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sartre is recorded at frequency rank #40,188, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Starte is at rank #16,555, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtaʁtə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 56743, this pair ranks #928,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sartre vs Starte

Shared letters: aerst. Private to "sartre": -. Private to "Starte": -.

"sartre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "Starte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sartreasrtre · sarrte · sarrtre · sarter · sartrre · sarttre · sratre · ssartre
  • Startesatrte · sstarte · staret · statre · strate · sttarte · tsarte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sartre" and "Starte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "sartre" vs "Starte" - which ranks higher?
"Starte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,555 in our German list, against #40,188 for "sartre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "sartre" vs "Starte" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sartre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Starte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #928,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sartre" and "Starte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sartre". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #928,360 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list