starrer

[ˈʃtaʁɐ]

/[ˈʃtaʁɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“starrer” is uncommon German (frequency #77,363 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,363
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr

Corpus desk

Index DE-starrer · starrer · German

starrer · rank #77,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,363
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stapelt

Nearest frequency peer: stapelt (-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 „starrer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for starrer
PropertyValue
Headwordstarrer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtaʁɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,363
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „starrer“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).starrerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stapelt“ (#77,362), „standzuhalten“ (#77,361), „Standbilder“ (#77,360). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „starrer“ bei #77,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

starrer is uncommon German at frequency #77,363 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtaʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for starrer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is starrer, spelled S-T-A-R-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr

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 "starrer"?
"starrer" is spelled S-T-A-R-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaʁɐ].
What does "starrer" mean?
As an adjective, "starrer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr
How do you pronounce "starrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "starrer" is [ˈʃtaʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "starrer" come from?
"starrer" 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 "starrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stapelt#77,362spirits#77,346Sturmes#77,381Spangen#77,340

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list