collage
\kɔ.laʒ\
The verdict
“collage” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #24,910 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,910
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de coller. Action de coller du papier peint.
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 | collage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.laʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “collage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for collage is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.laʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,910 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Action de coller. Action de coller du papier peint.
- 2Composition faite d’éléments hétérogènes, qui constitue une œuvre originale.
- 3Imprégnation 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.
- 4Clarification du vin à l’aide d’une colle protéique (ichtyocolle, gélatine, blanc d’œuf), ou minérale comme la bentonite.
- 5Liaison irrégulière, à la colle.
- 6Assemblage de feuilles de papier à rouler destiné à la préparation d’un joint (généralement deux ou trois feuilles).
- 7Assemblage, au moyen d’outils numériques, d’éléments visuels ou sonores provenant de différentes sources.
- 8Fait de jouer contre une pièce adverse quand l’adversaire doit prendre davantage ailleurs.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “collage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-L-L-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.laʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “colle” - see the side-by-side comparison. collage vs colle
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.