Colgate
"colgate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Colgate” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #35,223 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #35,223
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2332).
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Colgate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Colgate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Colgate is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #35,223 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Colgate, with forms such as "ccolgate", "clogate", and "coglate". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "collage", "collated", "cognate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: The toothpaste brand was named after the company founder, William Colgate. The surname derives from the place name, which is probably from Old English col (“coal”) and ġeat (“gate”). The Philippine sense is a genericized trademark from the toothpaste brand,… The correct English form is Colgate, spelled C-O-L-G-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2332).
- 2A habitational surname from Old English.
- 3A particular brand of toothpaste.
Etymology
The toothpaste brand was named after the company founder, William Colgate. The surname derives from the place name, which is probably from Old English col (“coal”) and ġeat (“gate”). The Philippine sense is a genericized trademark from the toothpaste brand, Colgate. Compare Cebuano kulgit.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccolgate,clogate,coglate,colagte,colgaet,colgatte,colggate,colgtae,collgate,oclgate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Colgate - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Colgate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-L-G-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “collage” - see the side-by-side comparison. Colgate vs collage
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.