started
\ˈstɑɹ.ɾɪd\
The verdict
“started” is uncommon French (frequency #53,002 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,002
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prétérit de start.
Corpus desk
Index FR-started · started · French
started · rank #53,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,002
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH spermatozoïde
Nearest frequency peer: spermatozoïde (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « started »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- spectroscop…
spectroscopie
47,002 corpus weight
- Spengler
Spengler
47,001 corpus weight
- spermatozoï…
spermatozoïde
47,000 corpus weight
- started
started
46,999 corpus weight
- stellaires
stellaires
46,998 corpus weight
- stitch
stitch
46,997 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « started » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | started |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈstɑɹ.ɾɪd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « started » en français
Rare enough to double-check
started is uncommon French at frequency #53,002 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈstɑɹ.ɾɪd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for started in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is started, spelled S-T-A-R-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Prétérit de start.
- 2Participe passé de start.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).