Which to use
“starter” is a noun and “States” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,026
- “starter” frequency rank
- #10,245
- “States” frequency rank
- 43271
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | starter | States |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Juge au départ, personne qui donne le départ d’une épreuve et qui vérifie que nul ne fait de faux départ. | États-Unis d’Amérique. |
Where the eye mixes starter and States
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: starter vs States
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: starter is \staʁ.tɛʁ\ while States is \stɛts\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
starter is recorded at frequency rank #33,026, classified as anoun, pronounced \staʁ.tɛʁ\. States is at rank #10,245, tagged as aname, pronounced \stɛts\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43271, this pair ranks #219,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of starter vs States
Shared letters: aest. Private to "starter": r. Private to "States": -.
"starter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "States" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "starter" and "States" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "starter" vs "States" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "starter" and "States" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "starter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "States" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,384 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "starter" and "States" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stalker vs starter". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #219,384 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.