# starved

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #15,706

## Definitions
1. Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
2. Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
3. Extremely hungry.

## Easily confused with
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starved-vs-stave)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starved-vs-stated)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starved-vs-stayed)
- **staves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starved-vs-staves)
- **stirred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starved-vs-stirred)
- **storied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starved-vs-storied)
- **saved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saved-vs-starved)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stare-vs-starved)
- **served** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/served-vs-starved)
- **shared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shared-vs-starved)
- **scared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-starved)
- **staged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-starved)
- **shaved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaved-vs-starved)
- **spared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-starved)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stared-vs-starved)
- **starve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starve-vs-starved)
- **stares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stares-vs-starved)
- **soared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soared-vs-starved)
- **seared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seared-vs-starved)
- **started** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-starved)

## Common misspellings (11)
`satrved`, `sstarved`, `starevd`, `starrved`, `starvde`, `starvedd`, `starvved`, `stavred`, `straved`, `sttarved`, `tsarved`

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