Kolloquium
[kɔˈlɔkviʊm]
The verdict
“Kolloquium” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #37,025 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,025
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wissenschaftliches Gespräch, Unterredung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kolloquium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔˈlɔkviʊm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kolloquium” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kolloquium is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔˈlɔkviʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,025 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kolloquium, with forms such as "kkolloquium", "kloloquium", and "kolloqiuum". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kolloquium, spelled K-O-L-L-O-Q-U-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1wissenschaftliches Gespräch, Unterredung
- 2Verteidigung der Seminarfacharbeit
- 3Synonym für die Diplomverteidigung
- 4regelmäßiges Treffen von Diplomanden oder Doktoranden an einer Hochschule
- 5schriftliche Überprüfung an Universitäten in Österreich
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkolloquium,kloloquium,kolloqiuum,kolloqquium,kolloquimu,kolloquiumm,kolloquuim,kollouqium,kollqouium,kololquium,koloquium,oklloquium
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kolloquium - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Kolloquium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-L-L-O-Q-U-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɔˈlɔkviʊm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.