# Colgate

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,223

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2332).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.
3. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **collage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colgate-vs-collage)
- **collated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colgate-vs-collated)
- **cognate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cognate-vs-colgate)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccolgate`, `clogate`, `coglate`, `colagte`, `colgaet`, `colgatte`, `colggate`, `colgtae`, `collgate`, `oclgate`

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