stark

\ʃtaʁk\

/\ʃtaʁk\/ adj

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The verdict

“stark” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,328. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,328
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fort, puissant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stark · stark · French

stark · rank #18,328 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,328
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH souviennent

Nearest frequency peer: souviennent (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « stark »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « stark » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stark vs stat
60% similar
stark vs stay
60% similar
stark vs stars
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stark
PropertyValue
Headwordstark
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃtaʁk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,328
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stark »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).starkse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « souviennent » (#18,327), « sucrée » (#18,329), « souterrains » (#18,326). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stark » est au #18,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around stark (IPA \ʃtaʁk\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,328 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stark, with forms such as "satrk", "sstark", and "stakr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stat", "stay", "stars", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is stark, spelled S-T-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fort, puissant.
  2. 2
    Fort, intensif, sévère, violent.
  3. 3
    Génial, cool.
  4. 4
    Fort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er hat viele Muskeln – er ist stark.
  2. Der zweite Wettkampftag der Deutschen Meisterschaften in Berlin hat begonnen und bereits im ersten Wettkampf bewies Melvin Imoudu seine starke Form über 100 Meter Brust.

Synonyms

ausgezeichnetcoolgroßartigintensivkräftigtoll

Antonyms

schwachgemischtschwach

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satrk
  • sstark
  • stakr
  • starkk
  • starrk
  • strak
  • sttark
  • tsark

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stark - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

satrk2sstark1stakr2starkk1starrk1strak2sttark1tsark2
Edit distance from "stark"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stark"?
"stark" is spelled S-T-A-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃtaʁk\.
What does "stark" mean?
As an adjective, "stark" means: Fort, puissant.
What words are commonly confused with "stark"?
"stark" is commonly confused with "stat", "stay", "stars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stark"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stark" is \ʃtaʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stark" come from?
"stark" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stark", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suive#18,330skate#18,322tenta#18,340rides#18,311

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Thiago8 variantstirait8 variantsvivais8 variantsVivian8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list