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collar

col·lar/ˈkɑlɚ/noun, verb

collar is spelled C-O-L-L-A-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (col·lar). It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, collar means “The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of collar is collars.

How many letters and syllables are in collar?

Letters6: C-O-L-L-A-R
Syllables2: col·lar
In writing11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is collar?

Collar appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce collar?

  • UK /ˈkɒlə/
  • British /ˈkɔlə/
  • US /ˈkɑlɚ/

Collar has 2 syllables, split col·lar in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-collar.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-collar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with collar?

5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as collar from its last stressed vowel (/ɑləɹ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of collar

  • collars plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • collaring participle, present
  • collared participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does collar mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

  2. 2

    A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.

  3. 3

    A chain worn around the neck.

  4. 4

    A similar detachable item.

  5. 5

    A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.

  6. 6

    A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.

    Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.

  7. 7

    A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.

  8. 8

    archaicA hangman's knot.

verb

  1. 1

    To grab or seize by the collar or neck.

  2. 2

    To place a collar on, to fit with one.

    Collar and leash aggressive dogs.

  3. 3

    To surround or encircle.

  4. 4

    To seize, capture or detain.

  5. 5

    To steal.

  6. 6

    To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.

  7. 7

    To arrest.

  8. 8

    To bind in conversation.

    I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Collar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcol (fabric garment part fitting around throat), collier (device for restraining animal)
GermanKragen (fabric garment part fitting around throat), Halsband (device for restraining animal), Halskette (chain worn around the neck), Ring (any encircling device or structure)
Portuguesecolarinho, gola (fabric garment part fitting around throat), coleira (device for restraining animal), colar (chain worn around the neck), anel (any encircling device or structure), deter (to seize, capture or detain)
Spanishcuello (fabric garment part fitting around throat), yugo, collera (device for restraining animal), collar (decorative band or other fabric around the…), acollarar (to place a collar on)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does collar come from?

From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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