# starred

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #11,125

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of star

## Etymology
From star (verb), equivalent to star + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-stated)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-stayed)
- **starve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-starve)
- **starry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-starry)
- **started** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-started)
- **starter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-starter)
- **starved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-starved)
- **stirred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-stirred)
- **storied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-storied)
- **startled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starred-vs-startled)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stare-vs-starred)
- **starr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-starred)
- **shared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shared-vs-starred)
- **scared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-starred)
- **sacred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-starred)
- **staged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-starred)
- **spared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-starred)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stared-vs-starred)
- **stares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stares-vs-starred)
- **soared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soared-vs-starred)

## Common misspellings (8)
`satrred`, `sstarred`, `starerd`, `starrde`, `starredd`, `strared`, `sttarred`, `tsarred`

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