starter

\staʁ.tɛʁ\

/\staʁ.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“starter” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,026
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juge au départ, personne qui donne le départ d’une épreuve et qui vérifie que nul ne fait de faux départ.

Corpus desk

Index FR-starter · starter · French

starter · rank #33,026 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,026
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH spoilers

Nearest frequency peer: spoilers (-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 « starter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « starter » 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).

starter vs state
71% similar
starter vs States
57% similar
starter vs startup
71% similar

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

Key facts for starter
PropertyValue
Headwordstarter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\staʁ.tɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,026
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « starter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).starterse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « spoilers » (#33,025), « Stephens » (#33,027), « spiegel » (#33,024). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « starter » est au #33,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around starter (IPA \staʁ.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,026 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for starter, with forms such as "satrter", "sstarter", and "staretr". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "state", "States", "startup", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is starter, spelled S-T-A-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Juge au départ, personne qui donne le départ d’une épreuve et qui vérifie que nul ne fait de faux départ.
  2. 2
    Démarreur ou enrichisseur du mélange combustible utilisé pour démarrer à froid un moteur à explosion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — La cloche du starter sonne lugubrement pour annoncer le départ de la procession, et le couple des fiancés s'éloigne la main dans la main pour aller s'acheter du cadum et des gratte-dos.
  2. Trop tard pour les arrêter, ils sont aux ordres du starter!

This word in other languages

starter(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satrter
  • sstarter
  • staretr
  • starrter
  • starterr
  • startre
  • startter
  • statrer
  • strater
  • sttarter
  • tsarter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of starter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

satrter2sstarter1staretr2starrter1starterr1startre2startter1statrer2
Edit distance from "starter"

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 "starter"?
"starter" is spelled S-T-A-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \staʁ.tɛʁ\.
What does "starter" mean?
As a noun, "starter" means: Juge au départ, personne qui donne le départ d’une épreuve et qui vérifie que nul ne fait de faux départ.
What words are commonly confused with "starter"?
"starter" is commonly confused with "state", "States", "startup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "starter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "starter" is \staʁ.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "starter" come from?
"starter" 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 "starter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spiegel#33,024stimuli#33,028suffise#33,032survive#33,035

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

septique11 variantstardifs11 variantsscenario11 variantstrapèze11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list