starlike
adjective
starlike is spelled S-T-A-R-L-I-K-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, starlike means “Resembling a star” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in starlike?
| Letters | 8: S-T-A-R-L-I-K-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 58 million words; the 237,177th 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 starlike?
Starlike appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th 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 starlike?
- US
Starlike 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)-Flame,_not_lame-starlike.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of starlike
- more starlike comparative
- most starlike superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does starlike mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Resembling a star.
Pluto's starlike appearance in the telescope was an early clue that it was not the large Planet X astronomers had hoped for.
- 2
Resembling or characteristic of a celebrity or leading actor.
- 3
Convex; having the property that any line segment joining any mapped point to a specified point in the domain lies entirely in the domain.
the growth theorem for holomorphic starlike mappings
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does starlike come from?
From star + -like.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).