colis
\kɔ.li\
The verdict
“colis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,228
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caisse, ballot, paquet de marchandises expédiées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colis · colis · French
colis · rank #5,228 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,228
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH circonscripti…
Nearest frequency peer: circonscription (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « colis »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Chirurgie
Chirurgie
94,776 corpus weight
- Christine
Christine
94,775 corpus weight
- circonscrip…
circonscription
94,774 corpus weight
- colis
colis
94,773 corpus weight
- colonie
colonie
94,772 corpus weight
- communautai…
communautaire
94,770 corpus weight
What this shows « colis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.li\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « colis »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around colis (IPA \kɔ.li\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,228 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for colis, with forms such as "ccolis", "clois", and "coils". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cons", "Cris", "coll", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is colis, spelled C-O-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Caisse, ballot, paquet de marchandises expédiées.
- 2Tout objet remis à une entreprise de transport.
- 3Personne embêtante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how colis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Apparemment conçu pour que personne ne s’y attarde, sauf les chauffeurs-gardes du corps venus déposer et attendre leurs ministres qui assistent au Conseil ou à diverses autres réunions, ce hall ne comporte aucun véritable endroit pour s’asseoir, à l’exception de deux longues banquettes de bois peu invitantes et sur lesquelles traînent invariablement colis…
Chaque colis, ainsi que le bulletin d’expédition qui l’accompagne, sera marqué par le bureau d’origine, du côté de la suscription, d’un timbre indiquant le lieu et la date du dépôt du colis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolis
- clois
- coils
- coliss
- collis
- colsi
- oclis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colis - 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.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "colis"?
What does "colis" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "colis"?
How do you pronounce "colis"?
What language does "colis" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).