starkers
/ˈstɑːkəz/
"starkers" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“starkers” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Completely nude.
Corpus desk
Index EN-starkers · starkers · English
starkers · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | starkers |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈstɑːkəz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “starkers” in English
Rare enough to double-check
starkers is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈstɑːkəz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for starkers in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: * "naked": British slang, from 1923, combining (like a popular etymology) two meanings of stark (“strong, utterly; barren”) with stark naked, which is from Old English steort (“tail”), referring to the tail-end (as in butt-naked). * "crazy": stark (“shorten… The correct English form is starkers, spelled S-T-A-R-K-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Completely nude.
- 2Stark raving mad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how starkers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath.
Etymology
* "naked": British slang, from 1923, combining (like a popular etymology) two meanings of stark (“strong, utterly; barren”) with stark naked, which is from Old English steort (“tail”), referring to the tail-end (as in butt-naked). * "crazy": stark (“shortening of stark raving mad”) + -ers
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.