colleen
noun
colleen is spelled C-O-L-L-E-E-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Colleen, the name). As a noun, colleen means “A girl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of colleen is colleens.
How many letters and syllables are in colleen?
| Letters | 7: C-O-L-L-E-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is colleen?
Colleen appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Colleen, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce colleen?
Colleen has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with colleen
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: coleen.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of colleen
- colleens plural
- coleen
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does colleen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandA girl.
- 2
IrelandA young single woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does colleen come from?
Borrowed from Irish cailín.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).