# colonial

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/ · frequency rank #5,401

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to a colony.
2. Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
3. Of or pertaining to the ideals of colonialism.
4. Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
5. Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
6. Tending to form colonies (especially of cells).

## Etymology
From colony + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **coronal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colonial-vs-coronal)
- **colossal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colonial-vs-colossal)
- **colonize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colonial-vs-colonize)
- **colonel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colonel-vs-colonial)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccolonial`, `cloonial`, `collonial`, `colnoial`, `coloinal`, `colonail`, `coloniall`, `colonila`, `colonnial`, `coolnial`, `oclonial`

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