starr
\ʃtaʁ\
The verdict
“starr” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,159) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #29,159
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rigide, indéformable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-starr · starr · French
starr · rank #29,159 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,159
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Stacy
Nearest frequency peer: Stacy (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « starr »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- soupes
soupes
70,845 corpus weight
- souvenais
souvenais
70,844 corpus weight
- Stacy
Stacy
70,843 corpus weight
- starr
starr
70,842 corpus weight
- stigmatiser
stigmatiser
70,841 corpus weight
- stricts
stricts
70,840 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « starr » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | starr |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃtaʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « starr »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for starr is neighbouring look-alikes ("stat", "stay", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \ʃtaʁ\. Frequency #29,159 among 6,032 “S” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for starr, with forms such as "satrr", "sstarr", and "strar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stat", "stay", "stars", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is starr, spelled S-T-A-R-R.
Definition
- 1Rigide, indéformable.
- 2Figé, rigide, qui ne s’adapte, qui n’évolue pas facilement ou volontiers.
- 3Figé, fixe, pour une expression, un visage, un regard, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how starr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unsere bisherigen Betrachtungen haben sich auf materielle Punkte und starre Körper bezogen. […] Wir wenden uns jetzt zur Untersuchung der Bewegung von Körper, welche nicht starr sind, deren Theile relative Verschiebungen erleiden; strenge genommen, findet das bei allen Körpern der Natur statt.
So musste etwa das Reiten und Kämpfen mit angelegter Rüstung (durch die Ritter) sehr intensiv trainiert werden, um sicherzustellen, dass die Bewegungsabläufe in der starren und schweren Rüstung relativ problemlos und zügig ausgeführt werden konnten.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satrr
- sstarr
- strar
- sttarr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of starr - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "starr", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).