colateral

[kolat̪eˈɾal]

/[kolat̪eˈɾal]/ adj

The verdict

“colateral” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,986
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese de las cosas que están a uno y otro lado de otra principal. Aplícase comúnmente a las naves y altares de los templos, que están en esta situación.

Corpus desk

Index ES-colateral · colateral · Spanish

colateral · rank #22,986 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,986
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH colaboraron

Nearest frequency peer: colaboraron (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “colateral”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “colateral” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

colateral vs colaterales
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for colateral
PropertyValue
Headwordcolateral
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kolat̪eˈɾal]
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,986
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “colateral”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.colateralcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “colaboraron” (#22,985), “coaliciones” (#22,984), “cometidas” (#22,988). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “colateral” va en #22,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around colateral (IPA [kolat̪eˈɾal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,986 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for colateral, with forms such as "ccolateral", "cloateral", and "coalteral". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "colaterales", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is colateral, spelled C-O-L-A-T-E-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dícese de las cosas que están a uno y otro lado de otra principal. Aplícase comúnmente a las naves y altares de los templos, que están en esta situación.
  2. 2
    Dícese del pariente que no es pariente por línea recta.
  3. 3
    Dicho de un daño: que ocurre como una consecuencia inintencionada respecto de otra acción.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccolateral
  • cloateral
  • coalteral
  • colaetral
  • colatearl
  • colaterall
  • colaterla
  • colaterral
  • colatreal
  • colatteral
  • collateral
  • coltaeral
  • oclateral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colateral - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccolateral1cloateral2coalteral2colaetral2colatearl2colaterall1colaterla2colaterral1
Edit distance from "colateral"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colateral"?
"colateral" is spelled C-O-L-A-T-E-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kolat̪eˈɾal].
What does "colateral" mean?
As an adjective, "colateral" means: Dícese de las cosas que están a uno y otro lado de otra principal. Aplícase comúnmente a las naves y altares de los templos, que están en esta situación.
What words are commonly confused with "colateral"?
"colateral" is commonly confused with "colaterales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colateral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colateral" is [kolat̪eˈɾal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colateral" come from?
"colateral" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colateral", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list