collaborative

\kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.tiv\

/\kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.tiv\/ adj

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The verdict

“collaborative” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,803
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de collaboratif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collaborative · collaborative · French

collaborative · rank #23,803 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,803
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coiffeuse

Nearest frequency peer: coiffeuse (-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 « collaborative »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « collaborative » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

collaborative vs collaboratrice
86% similar
collaborative vs collaboratif
85% similar
collaborative vs collaboration
85% similar

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

Key facts for collaborative
PropertyValue
Headwordcollaborative
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.tiv\
Letters13
Frequency rank#23,803
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collaborative »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.collaborativese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coiffeuse » (#23,802), « colombienne » (#23,804), « CNC » (#23,801). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collaborative » est au #23,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around collaborative (IPA \kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,803 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de collaboratif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for collaborative, with forms such as "ccollaborative", "clolaborative", and "colaborative". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "collaboratrice", "collaboratif", "collaboration", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is collaborative, spelled C-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de collaboratif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Avec le succès de l’encyclopédie collaborative en ligne Wikipédia, le wiki s’est popularisé.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollaborative
  • clolaborative
  • colaborative
  • colalborative
  • collabborative
  • collaboartive
  • collaboraitve
  • collaboratiev
  • collaborativve
  • collaborattive
  • collaboratvie
  • collaborrative
  • collabortaive
  • collabroative
  • collaobrative
  • collbaorative
  • ocllaborative

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of collaborative - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccollaborative1clolaborative2colaborative1colalborative2collabborative1collaboartive2collaboraitve2collaboratiev2
Edit distance from "collaborative"

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 "collaborative"?
"collaborative" is spelled C-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.tiv\.
What does "collaborative" mean?
As an adjective, "collaborative" means: Féminin singulier de collaboratif.
What words are commonly confused with "collaborative"?
"collaborative" is commonly confused with "collaboratrice", "collaboratif", "collaboration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collaborative"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collaborative" is \kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.tiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collaborative" come from?
"collaborative" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

présentatrice#23,660participantes#23,635irrespectueux#23,591résidentielle#24,021

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

descriptive17 variantsadministrée17 variantsiconographie17 variantsinfectieuses17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list