# colleague

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒliːɡ/ · frequency rank #7,323

## Definitions
1. A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.

## Etymology
From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō (“to send on an embassy”), from lēx (“law”).

## Easily confused with
- **college** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colleague-vs-college)
- **colleagues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colleague-vs-colleagues)
- **collage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collage-vs-colleague)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccolleague`, `cloleague`, `coleague`, `colelague`, `collaegue`, `colleageu`, `colleaggue`, `colleauge`, `collegaue`, `oclleague`

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