collab
/kəˈlæb/
"collab" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collab” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,975
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together.
Corpus desk
Index EN-collab · collab · English
collab · rank #29,975 · 7 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,975
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH codified
Nearest frequency peer: codified (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “collab”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Claremont
Claremont
70,033 corpus weight
- clemency
clemency
70,030 corpus weight
- codified
codified
70,028 corpus weight
- collab
collab
70,026 corpus weight
- constabulary
constabulary
70,023 corpus weight
- Corinth
Corinth
70,020 corpus weight
What this shows “collab” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | collab |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈlæb/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “collab”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around collab (IPA /kəˈlæb/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,975 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for collab, with forms such as "ccollab", "clolab", and "colab". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "collar", "Collin", "collie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of collaboration. Clipping of collaborate. The correct English form is collab, spelled C-O-L-L-A-B.
Definition
- 1A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how collab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In one small way, Madonna's current single, Give Me All Your Luvin', marks the end of an era. It's the last time for the foreseeable future that Nicki Minaj, who guest-raps on it, intends to collaborate with another artist. "I'm done with the collabs," she said last year. "No more collabs for the next two years."
UMISEA is a subunit in Hololive featuring idols with nautical themes. The group debuted in 2021 as the first JP+EN collab subunit. Chloe was added to the roster after holox debuted.
Etymology
Clipping of collaboration. Clipping of collaborate.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccollab
- clolab
- colab
- colalb
- collabb
- collba
- ocllab
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of collab - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).