starb

[ʃtaʁp]

/[ʃtaʁp]/ verb

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The verdict

“starb” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,861
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sterben

Corpus desk

Index DE-starb · starb · German

starb · rank #1,861 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,861
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schweden

Nearest frequency peer: Schweden (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „starb“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „starb“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

starb vs StB
20% similar
starb vs Stau
40% similar
starb vs StGB
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for starb
PropertyValue
Headwordstarb
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃtaʁp]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,861
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „starb“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).starbliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schweden“ (#1,860), „steckt“ (#1,862), „Roman“ (#1,859). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „starb“ bei #1,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around starb (IPA [ʃtaʁp]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,861 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for starb, with forms such as "satrb", "sstarb", and "stabr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "StB", "Stau", "StGB", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is starb, spelled S-T-A-R-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sterben
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sterben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satrb
  • sstarb
  • stabr
  • starbb
  • starrb
  • strab
  • sttarb
  • tsarb

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of starb - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

satrb2sstarb1stabr2starbb1starrb1strab2sttarb1tsarb2
Edit distance from "starb"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "starb"?
"starb" is spelled S-T-A-R-B. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtaʁp].
What does "starb" mean?
As a verb, "starb" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sterben
What words are commonly confused with "starb"?
"starb" is commonly confused with "StB", "Stau", "StGB". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "starb"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "starb" is [ʃtaʁp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "starb" come from?
"starb" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "starb", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Roman#1,859Stein#1,863Ziele#1,867laufe#1,851

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

quellen8 variantsHandel8 variantshöhere8 variantsSchiff8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list