# colloquial

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl/ · frequency rank #31,480

## Definitions
1. Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
2. Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.

## Etymology
1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **colloquially** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colloquial-vs-colloquially)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccolloquial`, `cloloquial`, `colloqiual`, `colloqquial`, `colloquail`, `colloquiall`, `colloquila`, `collouqial`, `collqouial`, `cololquial`, `coloquial`, `oclloquial`

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