starlight
/ˈstɑː(ɹ)laɪt/noun
starlight is spelled S-T-A-R-L-I-G-H-T: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, starlight means “Light emitted from stars” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of starlight is starlights.
How many letters and syllables are in starlight?
| Letters | 9: S-T-A-R-L-I-G-H-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is starlight?
Starlight appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 starlight?
- /ˈstɑː(ɹ)laɪt/
Starlight has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-starlight.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of starlight
- starlights plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does starlight mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Light emitted from stars.
Meronym: starbeams
- 2
Light emitted by those other than the Sun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Starlight in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense light emitted from stars other than the Sun:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lumière des étoiles, lumière d'étoile |
| German | Sternenlicht |
| Portuguese | luz das estrelas |
| Spanish | luz estelar |
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 starlight come from?
From star + light.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).