starting signal
"starting-signal" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“starting signal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, nowadays usually a colour-light signal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | starting signal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “starting signal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
starting signal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
starting signal has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is starting signal, spelled S-T-A-R-T-I-N-G- -S-I-G-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, nowadays usually a colour-light signal.
- 2A signal to begin a race.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “starting signal”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-R-T-I-N-G- -S-I-G-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.