collage

/\kɔ.laʒ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,910

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

collage is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de coller. Action de coller du papier peint. Pronounced \kɔ.laʒ\. Often confused with colle and collée.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of collage in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for collage is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for collage, with forms such as "ccollage", "clolage", and "colage". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is collage, spelled C-O-L-L-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccollage,clolage,colage,colalge,collaeg,collagge,collgae,ocllage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for collage

Misspelling Variants of "collage"

ccollage8clolage7colage6colalge7collaeg7collagge8collgae7ocllage7
Misspelling Variants of "collage"

Frequency rank: #24,910 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.