collage

\kɔ.laʒ\

/\kɔ.laʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“collage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,910
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de coller. Action de coller du papier peint.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collage · collage · French

collage · rank #24,910 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,910
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH collaboratif

Nearest frequency peer: collaboratif (-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 « collage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collage » 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).

collage vs colle
71% similar
collage vs collée
71% similar
collage vs courage
71% similar

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

Key facts for collage
PropertyValue
Headwordcollage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.laʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,910
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).collagese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « collaboratif » (#24,909), « coloniaux » (#24,911), « coiffer » (#24,908). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collage » est au #24,910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around collage (IPA \kɔ.laʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,910 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for collage, with forms such as "ccollage", "clolage", and "colage". 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, "colle", "collée", "courage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is collage, spelled C-O-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de coller. Action de coller du papier peint.
  2. 2
    Composition faite d’éléments hétérogènes, qui constitue une œuvre originale.
  3. 3
    Imprégnation du papier de colle, pour qu’il ne boive pas, pour qu’il puisse recevoir l’écriture. Opération consistant à ajouter certaines substances à la pâte lors de la fabrication du papier pour lui conférer une certaine imperméabilité.
  4. 4
    Clarification du vin à l’aide d’une colle protéique (ichtyocolle, gélatine, blanc d’œuf), ou minérale comme la bentonite.
  5. 5
    Liaison irrégulière, à la colle.
  6. 6
    Assemblage de feuilles de papier à rouler destiné à la préparation d’un joint (généralement deux ou trois feuilles).
  7. 7
    Assemblage, au moyen d’outils numériques, d’éléments visuels ou sonores provenant de différentes sources.
  8. 8
    Fait de jouer contre une pièce adverse quand l’adversaire doit prendre davantage ailleurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les peintres en bâtiments font ordinairement le collage du papier.
  2. Payer tant pour le collage.

This word in other languages

collage(English)collage(Español)Klebung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollage
  • clolage
  • colage
  • colalge
  • collaeg
  • collagge
  • collgae
  • ocllage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of collage - 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.

ccollage1clolage2colage1colalge2collaeg2collagge1collgae2ocllage2
Edit distance from "collage"

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 "collage"?
"collage" is spelled C-O-L-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.laʒ\.
What does "collage" mean?
As a noun, "collage" means: Action de coller. Action de coller du papier peint.
What words are commonly confused with "collage"?
"collage" is commonly confused with "colle", "collée", "courage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collage" is \kɔ.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collage" come from?
"collage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coiffer#24,908cigares#24,904chantre#24,895chalets#24,893

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

caisson8 variantsbrick8 variantsdocile8 variantsaround8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list