collum
/ˈkɒl.əm/
"collum" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collum” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.
Corpus desk
Index EN-collum · collum · English
collum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒl.əm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “collum” in English
Rare enough to double-check
collum is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒl.əm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
collum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin collum (“the neck”). Doublet of col. The correct English form is collum, spelled C-O-L-L-U-M.
Definition
- 1A neck, cervix, or neckline part or process.
- 2A collar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how collum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No sooner does a little particle of food touch the edge of the delicate collar which surrounds the collum, than it adheres to it and is carried down by currents, that circulate up one side of the collar and down the other, to the end of the collum, in which, along with an accompanying drop of water, it becomes at once engulped^([sic]).
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collum (“the neck”). Doublet of col.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.