starter
/ˈstɑɹ.tɚ/noun
starter is spelled S-T-A-R-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, starter means “Someone who starts, or who starts something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of starter is starters.
How many letters and syllables are in starter?
| Letters | 7: S-T-A-R-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 6,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is starter?
Starter appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th 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 starter?
- UK /ˈstɑː.tə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈstɑɹ.tɚ/
- US [ˈstɑɹ.ɾɚ]
Starter 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: En-us-starter.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with starter?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as starter from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹtəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: restart.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of starter
- starters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does starter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who starts, or who starts something.
- 2
The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
- 3
A starting pitcher.
- 4
A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
- 5
An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
- 6
A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
- 7
A yeast culture, or a medium containing one, used to start a fermentation process.
- 8
Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
It's small, but it's a good starter house.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Starter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | iniciador, iniciadora , partida, afogador , entradas , titular |
| French | démarreur, starter , hors d'œuvre, entrée , titulaire |
| German | Anlasser, Starter , Vorspeise, Vorgericht |
| Spanish | motor de arranque, estárter, cebador , entrada, entrante |
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 starter come from?
From start + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).