collegial
/kəˈliːd͡ʒəl/
"collegial" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collegial” is uncommon English (frequency #62,785 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,785
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues.
Corpus desk
Index EN-collegial · collegial · English
collegial · rank #62,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,785
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Colonna
Nearest frequency peer: Colonna (+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 “collegial”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cloture
cloture
37,224 corpus weight
- Clowes
Clowes
37,222 corpus weight
- coho
coho
37,219 corpus weight
- collegial
collegial
37,216 corpus weight
- Colonna
Colonna
37,215 corpus weight
- concha
concha
37,210 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “collegial” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collegial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈliːd͡ʒəl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “collegial” in English
Rare enough to double-check
collegial is uncommon English at frequency #62,785 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kəˈliːd͡ʒəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for collegial, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English collegial, from Middle French collégial. The correct English form is collegial, spelled C-O-L-L-E-G-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues.
- 2Ruled by bishops having equal power.
- 3Of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate.
- 4Possessing adherence to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues within a given organization or profession.
Etymology
From Middle English collegial, from Middle French collégial.
This word in other languages
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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