starkers
/ˈstɑːkəz/
"starkers" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“starkers” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Completely nude.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | starkers |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈstɑːkəz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “starkers” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for starkers is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈstɑːkəz/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “starkers”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-R-K-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈstɑːkəz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.