redstart
/ˈɹɛdstɑɹt/noun
redstart is spelled R-E-D-S-T-A-R-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, redstart means “Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of redstart is redstarts.
How many letters and syllables are in redstart?
| Letters | 8: R-E-D-S-T-A-R-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is redstart?
Redstart appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce redstart?
- US /ˈɹɛdstɑɹt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-redstart.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of redstart
- redstarts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does redstart mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
- 2
CanadaUSA species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Redstart in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ground-feeding bird:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rougequeue |
| German | Rotschwanz |
| Portuguese | rabirruivo |
| Spanish | colirrojo, abanico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does redstart come from?
Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).