starten
\ˈʃtaʁtn̩\
The verdict
“starten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (intransitif) Décoller (pour un avion).
Corpus desk
Index FR-starten · starten · French
starten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | starten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃtaʁtn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « starten » en français
Rare enough to double-check
starten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃtaʁtn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for starten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is starten, spelled S-T-A-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1(intransitif) Décoller (pour un avion).
- 2(intransitif) Prendre le départ.
- 3(intransitif) Démarrer.
- 4(transitif) Mettre en route, mettre en marche (Avec l’auxiliaire haben) (un véhicule, un ordinateur, un programme).
- 5Partir (dans une course).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how starten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Flugzeug startet um 15 Uhr.
Schäff zeigt sich auch nicht auf roten Teppichen (...) Nur Insider wissen, dass die Familie im großen Stil wertvolle Kunstwerke sammelt, er gelegentlich bei Autorallyes startet und als Pilot bevorzugt Privatflugzeuge steuert.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.