colloquium
/kəˈləʊkwiəm/
"colloquium" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“colloquium” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,433 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,433
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colloquium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈləʊkwiəm/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colloquium” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for colloquium is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kəˈləʊkwiəm/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,433 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for colloquium, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin colloquium. Doublet of colloquy. Equivalent to colloquy + -ium. The correct English form is colloquium, spelled C-O-L-L-O-Q-U-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
- 2An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
- 3An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
- 4That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
- 5A collection of scripted dialogues written as a textbook, or a set of exercises, to help students to practice and improve their Latin or Ancient Greek. See: Colloquy
Etymology
From Latin colloquium. Doublet of colloquy. Equivalent to colloquy + -ium.
This word in other languages
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 “colloquium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-L-L-O-Q-U-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kəˈləʊkwiəm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.