starres

[ˈʃtaʁəs]

/[ˈʃtaʁəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“starres” is uncommon German (frequency #88,324 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,324
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-starres · starres · German

starres · rank #88,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,324
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stadtkapelle

Nearest frequency peer: Stadtkapelle (-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 „starres“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for starres
PropertyValue
Headwordstarres
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtaʁəs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#88,324
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „starres“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stadtkapelle“ (#88,323), „Startlinie“ (#88,325), „statistischem“ (#88,326). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „starres“ bei #88,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

starres is uncommon German at frequency #88,324 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtaʁəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for starres, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is starres, spelled S-T-A-R-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum 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 "starres"?
"starres" is spelled S-T-A-R-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaʁəs].
What does "starres" mean?
As an adjective, "starres" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs starr
How do you pronounce "starres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "starres" is [ˈʃtaʁəs]. 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 "starres", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Spoleto#88,317Spechte#88,310Stopper#88,339stählen#88,354

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list