colère

/\kɔ.lɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,857

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

colère is aFrenchnoun. It means: Réaction vive et parfois violente contre ce qui blesse un sentiment. Pronounced \kɔ.lɛʁ\. It ranks #1,857 in French word frequency. Often confused with core and Corée.

Key facts for colère
PropertyValue
Headwordcolère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,857
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of colère in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for colère is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.lɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,857 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Réaction vive et parfois violente contre ce qui blesse un sentiment.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for colère, with forms such as "ccolère", "cloère", and "colere". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "core", "Corée", "colle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is colère, spelled C-O-L-È-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réaction vive et parfois violente contre ce qui blesse un sentiment.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccolère,cloère,colere,collère,colrèe,colèer,colèrre,coèlre,oclère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for colère

Misspelling Variants of "colère"

ccolère7cloère6colere6collère7colrèe6colèer6colèrre7coèlre6
Misspelling Variants of "colère"

Frequency rank: #1,857 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colère"?
"colère" is spelled C-O-L-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɛʁ\.
What does "colère" mean?
As a noun, "colère" means: Réaction vive et parfois violente contre ce qui blesse un sentiment.
What words are commonly confused with "colère"?
"colère" is commonly confused with "core", "Corée", "colle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colère" is \kɔ.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colère" come from?
"colère" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.