collections
col·lec·tions/kəˈlɛkʃənz/noun
collections is spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N-S: 11 letters and 3 syllables (col·lec·tions). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, collections means “A state being beyond merely past due” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in collections?
| Letters | 11: C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: col·lec·tions |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is collections?
Collections appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th 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 collections?
- /kəˈlɛkʃənz/
Collections has 3 syllables, split col·lec·tions in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-collections.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does collections mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of collection
- 2
A state being beyond merely past due.
We have sent your account to collections.
- 3
A department that attempts to collect on accounts that are beyond merely past due.
Sorry, but you'll have to talk with collections.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).