stared

/stɛɹd/

//stɛɹd// verb

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"stared" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stared” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,065
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of stare

Corpus desk

Index EN-stared · stared · English

stared · rank #13,065 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,065
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sinister

Nearest frequency peer: sinister (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “stared”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “stared” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stared vs state
67% similar
stared vs start
67% similar
stared vs store
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stared
PropertyValue
Headwordstared
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/stɛɹd/
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,065
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stared”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).staredlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “sinister” (#13,064), “strait” (#13,066), “Sinclair” (#13,063). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stared” is #13,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around stared (IPA /stɛɹd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,065 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of stare".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stared, with forms such as "satred", "sstared", and "staerd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "state", "start", "store", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is stared, spelled S-T-A-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of stare

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satred
  • sstared
  • staerd
  • starde
  • staredd
  • straed
  • sttared
  • tsared

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stared - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

satred2sstared1staerd2starde2staredd1straed2sttared1tsared2
Edit distance from "stared"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stared"?
"stared" is spelled S-T-A-R-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /stɛɹd/.
What does "stared" mean?
As a verb, "stared" means: simple past and past participle of stare
What words are commonly confused with "stared"?
"stared" is commonly confused with "state", "start", "store". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stared"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stared" is /stɛɹd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stared" come from?
"stared" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stared", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

strait#13,066Sylvia#13,068Sheikh#13,060shaken#13,059

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list