collet
/ˈkɑlɪt/
"collet" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collet” is uncommon English (frequency #65,001 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,001
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑlɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “collet” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
collet is uncommon English at frequency #65,001 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑlɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for collet, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French collet. Doublet of collar. The correct English form is collet, spelled C-O-L-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
- 2The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
- 3In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
Etymology
From Middle French collet. Doublet of collar.
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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Using “collet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-L-L-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.