collegiality
"collegiality" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collegiality” is uncommon English (frequency #95,844 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,844
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - collegial atmosphere; working with colleagues in an effective and cooperative manner
Corpus desk
Index EN-collegiality · collegiality · English
collegiality · rank #95,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,844
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Colla
Nearest frequency peer: Colla (-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 “collegiality”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cocksure
cocksure
4,162 corpus weight
- cohere
cohere
4,160 corpus weight
- Colla
Colla
4,158 corpus weight
- collegiality
collegiality
4,157 corpus weight
- Colli
Colli
4,156 corpus weight
- Coningsby
Coningsby
4,154 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “collegiality” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collegiality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #95,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “collegiality” in English
Rare enough to double-check
collegiality is uncommon English at frequency #95,844 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for collegiality in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From collegial + -ity. The correct English form is collegiality, spelled C-O-L-L-E-G-I-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1collegial atmosphere; working with colleagues in an effective and cooperative manner
- 2power and authority that is shared among peers, especially the sharing of collegiate power among Roman Catholic bishops.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how collegiality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To what extent does collegiality still exist in the management here?
Within a global law firm there is plainly a need for a common culture and collegiality: every lawyer a client deals with anywhere in the world is a representative of the firm and needs to exhibit common values. The teamwork which is critical to a global firm strategy is based on a collegial approach.
Etymology
From collegial + -ity.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).