collaborative
/kəˈlæb.ə.ɹə.tɪv/
"collaborative" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collaborative” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,860. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,860
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-collaborative · collaborative · English
collaborative · rank #9,860 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,860
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chopped
Nearest frequency peer: chopped (-1 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 “collaborative”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Calgary
Calgary
90,144 corpus weight
- Chapman
Chapman
90,143 corpus weight
- chopped
chopped
90,142 corpus weight
- collaborati…
collaborative
90,141 corpus weight
- commenced
commenced
90,140 corpus weight
- compensate
compensate
90,139 corpus weight
What this shows “collaborative” 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 | collaborative |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹə.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #9,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “collaborative”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around collaborative (IPA /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹə.tɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,860 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for collaborative, with forms such as "ccollaborative", "clolaborative", and "colaborative". 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, "collaboratively", "collaborate", "collaboration", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From collaborate + -ive. The correct English form is collaborative, spelled C-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how collaborative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No need to thank me - it was a collaborative effort.
Etymology
From collaborate + -ive.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccollaborative
- clolaborative
- colaborative
- colalborative
- collabborative
- collaboartive
- collaboraitve
- collaboratiev
- collaborativve
- collaborattive
- collaboratvie
- collaborrative
- collabortaive
- collabroative
- collaobrative
- collbaorative
- ocllaborative
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of collaborative - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "collaborative", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).