# Starbucks

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈstɑːˌbʌks/ · frequency rank #10,135

## Definitions
1. A widespread chain of coffee shops.

## Etymology
From Starbuck (surname) + -s. The chain of coffee shops is named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. Melville named the character in honor of the Starbuck family, a prominent whaling family based in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The surname itself derives from the community of Starbeck in North Yorkshire, England.

## Easily confused with
- **Starbuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starbuck-vs-starbucks)

## Common misspellings (15)
`satrbucks`, `sstarbucks`, `stabrucks`, `starbbucks`, `starbcuks`, `starbuccks`, `starbuckks`, `starbuckss`, `starbucsk`, `starbukcs`, `starrbucks`, `starubcks`, `strabucks`, `sttarbucks`, `tsarbucks`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/starbucks