colistiers

\kɔ.lis.tje\

/\kɔ.lis.tje\/ noun

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The verdict

“colistiers” is uncommon French (frequency #87,475 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,475
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de colistier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-colistiers · colistiers · French

colistiers · rank #87,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,475
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH collar

Nearest frequency peer: collar (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « colistiers »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « colistiers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for colistiers
PropertyValue
Headwordcolistiers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lis.tje\
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,475
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « colistiers » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.colistierstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « collar » (#87,476), « coiffent » (#87,473), « collectivistes » (#87,477). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « colistiers » est au #87,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

colistiers is uncommon French at frequency #87,475 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.lis.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de colistier.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for colistiers, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is colistiers, spelled C-O-L-I-S-T-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de colistier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how colistiers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les six colistiers d’Yves Tavernier siégeant au conseil ont démissionné ce vendredi 8 juillet, reprochant notamment à la maire, Laurence Osta-Amigo, de ne plus leur répondre.

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 "colistiers"?
"colistiers" is spelled C-O-L-I-S-T-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lis.tje\.
What does "colistiers" mean?
As a noun, "colistiers" means: Pluriel de colistier.
How do you pronounce "colistiers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colistiers" is \kɔ.lis.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colistiers" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list