collections
/kəˈlɛkʃənz/
"collections" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collections” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,017. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,017
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of collection
Corpus desk
Index EN-collections · collections · English
collections · rank #5,017 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,017
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH closest
Nearest frequency peer: closest (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “collections”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- clever
clever
94,987 corpus weight
- clinic
clinic
94,986 corpus weight
- closest
closest
94,985 corpus weight
- collections
collections
94,984 corpus weight
- continuous
continuous
94,983 corpus weight
- converted
converted
94,982 corpus weight
What this shows “collections” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collections |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈlɛkʃənz/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #5,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “collections”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around collections (IPA /kəˈlɛkʃənz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,017 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for collections, with forms such as "ccollections", "clolections", and "colections". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "connections", "corrections", "collectives", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is collections, spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of collection
- 2A state being beyond merely past due.
- 3A department that attempts to collect on accounts that are beyond merely past due.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how collections appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We have sent your account to collections.
Sorry, but you'll have to talk with collections.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccollections
- clolections
- colections
- colelctions
- collcetions
- collecctions
- collecitons
- collectinos
- collectionns
- collectionss
- collectiosn
- collectoins
- collecttions
- colletcions
- ocllections
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of collections - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "collections", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).