starred
"starred" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“starred” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,125
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of star
Corpus desk
Index EN-starred · starred · English
starred · rank #11,125 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,125
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH spontaneous
Nearest frequency peer: spontaneous (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “starred”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- slowing
slowing
88,879 corpus weight
- SM
SM
88,878 corpus weight
- spontaneous
spontaneous
88,877 corpus weight
- starred
starred
88,876 corpus weight
- stationed
stationed
88,875 corpus weight
- sticker
sticker
88,874 corpus weight
What this shows “starred” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | starred |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “starred”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around starred, averb. Corpus frequency is #11,125 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of star".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for starred, with forms such as "satrred", "sstarred", and "starerd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stated", "stayed", "starve", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From star (verb), equivalent to star + -ed. The correct English form is starred, spelled S-T-A-R-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of star
Etymology
From star (verb), equivalent to star + -ed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satrred
- sstarred
- starerd
- starrde
- starredd
- strared
- sttarred
- tsarred
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of starred - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "starred", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).