collegian
/kəˈliː.dʒən/noun, adjective
collegian is spelled C-O-L-L-E-G-I-A-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, collegian means “A student (or a former student) of a college” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of collegian is collegians.
How many letters and syllables are in collegian?
| Letters | 9: C-O-L-L-E-G-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is collegian?
Collegian appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 collegian?
- US /kəˈliː.dʒən/
Collegian has 3 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).
What rhymes with collegian?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as collegian from its last stressed vowel (/idʒən/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: allogenic.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of collegian
- collegians plural
- more collegian comparative
- most collegian superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does collegian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A student (or a former student) of a college
- 2
slangAn inmate of a prison.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to a college or its students.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does collegian come from?
From Middle English collegian, from Medieval Latin collēgiānus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).