Start

/[ʃtaʁt]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,094

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Start is aGermannoun. It means: absichtsvoller Beginn einer Tätigkeit/eines Projekts Pronounced [ʃtaʁt]. It ranks #1,094 in German word frequency. Often confused with Stau and stay.

Key facts for Start
PropertyValue
HeadwordStart
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtaʁt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,094
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Start in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Start is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtaʁt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,094 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Start, with forms such as "satrt", "sstart", and "startt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stau", "stay", "stur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Start, spelled S-T-A-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    absichtsvoller Beginn einer Tätigkeit/eines Projekts
  2. 2
    Anfang einer Rennstrecke, eines Rennens
  3. 3
    Abheben eines Fluggeräts

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: satrt,sstart,startt,statr,strat,sttart,tsart

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Start

Misspelling Variants of "Start"

satrt5sstart6startt6statr5strat5sttart6tsart5
Misspelling Variants of "Start"

Frequency rank: #1,094 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Start"?
"Start" is spelled S-T-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtaʁt].
What does "Start" mean?
As a noun, "Start" means: absichtsvoller Beginn einer Tätigkeit/eines Projekts
What words are commonly confused with "Start"?
"Start" is commonly confused with "Stau", "stay", "stur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Start"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Start" is [ʃtaʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Start" come from?
"Start" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.