starks

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The verdict

“starks” is uncommon German (frequency #93,648 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,648
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-starks · starks · German

starks · rank #93,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,648
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH staples

Nearest frequency peer: staples (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „starks“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „starks“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for starks
PropertyValue
Headwordstarks
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,648
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „starks“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.starksfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „staples“ (#93,647), „steal“ (#93,650), „Standardmodell“ (#93,645). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „starks“ bei #93,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

starks is uncommon German at frequency #93,648 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stark".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for starks, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is starks, spelled S-T-A-R-K-S.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stark

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 "starks"?
"starks" is spelled S-T-A-R-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "starks" mean?
As a verb, "starks" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stark
How do you pronounce "starks"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "starks" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list