# Collin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,776

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Colin.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A placename:
4. A placename:
5. A placename:

## Etymology
A spelling variant of Colin.

## Easily confused with
- **colon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-colon)
- **cousin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-cousin)
- **column** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-column)
- **Cullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-cullen)
- **Colton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-colton)
- **Corbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-corbin)
- **Colman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-colman)
- **Conlon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-conlon)
- **Colson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-colson)
- **Collins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-collins)
- **cooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-cooling)
- **culling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-culling)
- **Conklin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-conklin)
- **coin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coin-vs-collin)
- **coli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coli-vs-collin)
- **coll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-collin)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colin-vs-collin)
- **colic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colic-vs-collin)
- **collar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collar-vs-collin)
- **Calvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calvin-vs-collin)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccollin`, `clolin`, `coliln`, `collinn`, `collni`, `ocllin`

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