# collier

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #17,799

## Definitions
1. A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).
2. A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).
3. A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.
4. A sailor on such a vessel.
5. A non-traveller.

## Etymology
From Middle English colier (“charcoal burner”), from col (“coal”).

## Easily confused with
- **cooler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collier-vs-cooler)
- **Collin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collier-vs-collin)
- **copier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collier-vs-copier)
- **Collins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collier-vs-collins)
- **courier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collier-vs-courier)
- **coulter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collier-vs-coulter)
- **colliery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collier-vs-colliery)
- **collar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collar-vs-collier)
- **caller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caller-vs-collier)
- **collie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collie-vs-collier)
- **Callie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callie-vs-collier)
- **Colleen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colleen-vs-collier)
- **collide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collide-vs-collier)
- **collider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collider-vs-collier)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccollier`, `clolier`, `colier`, `coliler`, `colleir`, `collierr`, `collire`, `ocllier`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/collier