starlette

\staʁ.lɛt\

/\staʁ.lɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“starlette” is an uncommon French word, ranked #51,146 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#51,146
frequency rank, French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Actrice de cinéma dont la gloire ou la célébrité n'est encore que potentielle.

Key facts for starlette
PropertyValue
Headwordstarlette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\staʁ.lɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,146
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “starlette” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). starlette lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for starlette is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \staʁ.lɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #51,146 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Actrice de cinéma dont la gloire ou la célébrité n'est encore que potentielle.".

starlette has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is starlette, spelled S-T-A-R-L-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Actrice de cinéma dont la gloire ou la célébrité n'est encore que potentielle.

This word in other languages

starlet(English)

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 "starlette"?
"starlette" is spelled S-T-A-R-L-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \staʁ.lɛt\.
What does "starlette" mean?
As a noun, "starlette" means: Actrice de cinéma dont la gloire ou la célébrité n'est encore que potentielle.
How do you pronounce "starlette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "starlette" is \staʁ.lɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "starlette" come from?
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Using “starlette”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-T-A-R-L-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \staʁ.lɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list