collating

/kɒˈleɪtɪŋ/

//kɒˈleɪtɪŋ// verb

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"collating" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“collating” is uncommon English (frequency #58,606 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,606
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of collate

Corpus desk

Index EN-collating · collating · English

collating · rank #58,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,606
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cohan

Nearest frequency peer: Cohan (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “collating”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “collating” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for collating
PropertyValue
Headwordcollating
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kɒˈleɪtɪŋ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,606
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “collating” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).collatingfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Cohan” (#58,605), “colonnade” (#58,607), “coenzyme” (#58,604). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “collating” is #58,606. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

collating is uncommon English at frequency #58,606 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /kɒˈleɪtɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of collate".

collating doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is collating, spelled C-O-L-L-A-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of collate

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "collating"?
"collating" is spelled C-O-L-L-A-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /kɒˈleɪtɪŋ/.
What does "collating" mean?
As a verb, "collating" means: present participle and gerund of collate
How do you pronounce "collating"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collating" is /kɒˈleɪtɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collating" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "collating", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colonnade#58,607cloakroom#58,601cosplayer#58,614Coulthard#58,615

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list