Collage

[kɔˈlaːʒə]

/[kɔˈlaːʒə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Collage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,673
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Technik, bei der durch Aufkleben verschiedener Elemente auf einen Träger ein neues Gesamtkunstwerk geschaffen wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-collage · Collage · German

Collage · rank #24,673 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,673
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH coins

Nearest frequency peer: coins (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Collage“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Collage“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

Collage vs Courage
71% similar
Collage vs cottage
57% similar
Collage vs Collagen
88% similar

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

Key facts for Collage
PropertyValue
HeadwordCollage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔˈlaːʒə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,673
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Collage“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Collageliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „coins“ (#24,672), „Defekten“ (#24,674), „chillen“ (#24,671). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Collage“ bei #24,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Collage (IPA [kɔˈlaːʒə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,673 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Collage, with forms such as "ccollage", "clolage", and "colage". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Courage", "cottage", "Collagen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Collage, spelled C-O-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Technik, bei der durch Aufkleben verschiedener Elemente auf einen Träger ein neues Gesamtkunstwerk geschaffen wird
  2. 2
    ein in der unter [1] beschriebenen Technik erstelltes Kunstwerk

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mittels der Collage erreicht der Künstler mit den verschiedenen Materialien nie gekannte optische Effekte und fesselt das Auge des Betrachters.
  2. „Wer will, kann das Ganze eine Collage nennen, aber es ist mehr, mehr als eine Aneinanderreihung von Fundstücken.“

This word in other languages

collage(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollage
  • clolage
  • colage
  • colalge
  • collaeg
  • collagge
  • collgae
  • ocllage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccollage1clolage2colage1colalge2collaeg2collagge1collgae2ocllage2
Edit distance from "Collage"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Collage"?
"Collage" is spelled C-O-L-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔˈlaːʒə].
What does "Collage" mean?
As a noun, "Collage" means: Technik, bei der durch Aufkleben verschiedener Elemente auf einen Träger ein neues Gesamtkunstwerk geschaffen wird
What words are commonly confused with "Collage"?
"Collage" is commonly confused with "Courage", "cottage", "Collagen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Collage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Collage" is [kɔˈlaːʒə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Collage" come from?
"Collage" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Collage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

chillen#24,671Calcium#24,664Emsland#24,694bizarre#24,651

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

casual8 variantsBreuer8 variantsewiger8 variantsewiges8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list