# starter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstɑː.tə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #6,963

## Definitions
1. Someone who starts, or who starts something.
2. Someone who starts, or who starts something.
3. Someone who starts, or who starts something.
4. Someone who starts, or who starts something.
5. Something that starts something.
6. Something that starts something.
7. Something that starts something.
8. Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
9. The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
10. A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
11. A dog that rouses game.
12. A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
13. Ellipsis of starter signal.

## Etymology
From start + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-state)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-states)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-stated)
- **starve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-starve)
- **stator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-stator)
- **startup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-startup)
- **starved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-starved)
- **stutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-stutter)
- **startle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-startle)
- **startled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starter-vs-startled)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/start-vs-starter)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stare-vs-starter)
- **starr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starr-vs-starter)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stared-vs-starter)
- **slater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slater-vs-starter)
- **skater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-starter)
- **stares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stares-vs-starter)
- **seater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seater-vs-starter)
- **salter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salter-vs-starter)
- **started** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-starter)

## Common misspellings (11)
`satrter`, `sstarter`, `staretr`, `starrter`, `starterr`, `startre`, `startter`, `statrer`, `strater`, `sttarter`, `tsarter`

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