# starr

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,038

## Definitions
1. A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt.

## Etymology
From Late Latin starrum, from Hebrew שְׁטָר (šĕṭār).

## Easily confused with
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-str)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stay)
- **stir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stir)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stat)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-state)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-start)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-story)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-store)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stars)
- **storm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-storm)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stats)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stays)
- **stern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stern)
- **steer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-steer)
- **stash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stash)
- **swarm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-swarm)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stave)
- **stork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stork)
- **Stasi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-stasi)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-sturt)

## Common misspellings (5)
`satrr`, `sstarr`, `strar`, `sttarr`, `tsarr`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/starr