# collie vs colliery

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### collie
*noun · IPA /ˈkɒli/ · frequency rank #29,603*
Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs

### colliery
*noun · IPA /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #30,738*
An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collie-vs-colliery