# coll

> English word · Verb · IPA /kɑl/ · frequency rank #28,871

## Definitions
1. To hug or embrace.

## Etymology
From Middle English collen, from Old French coler, acoler (“accoll, throw arms round neck of”); ultimately from Latin ad + collum (“neck”).

## Easily confused with
- **cop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cop)
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-con)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cow)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cos)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cox)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cor)
- **coo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-coo)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cot)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-coz)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-coy)
- **cpl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cpl)
- **Cov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cov)
- **CSL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-csl)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-come)
- **cost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cost)
- **cool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cool)
- **copy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-copy)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-core)
- **cook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cook)
- **cops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-cops)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ccoll`, `clol`, `ocll`

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