# collage

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɒˈlɑːʒ/ · frequency rank #18,271

## Definitions
1. A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
2. A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc.
3. The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.

## Easily confused with
- **collar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-collar)
- **collie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-collie)
- **college** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-college)
- **courage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-courage)
- **cottage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-cottage)
- **collide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-collide)
- **collard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-collard)
- **colleges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-colleges)
- **collapse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-collapse)
- **collagen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-collagen)
- **collared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-collared)
- **collated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-collated)
- **colleague** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-colleague)
- **collab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collab-vs-collage)
- **coinage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coinage-vs-collage)
- **Colgate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colgate-vs-collage)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccollage`, `clolage`, `colage`, `colalge`, `collaeg`, `collagge`, `collgae`, `ocllage`

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