collapse
\kɔ.laps\
The verdict
“collapse” is uncommon French (frequency #81,008 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,008
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Effondrement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-collapse · collapse · French
collapse · rank #81,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,008
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Collonges
Nearest frequency peer: Collonges (+2 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 « collapse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- clouet
clouet
18,998 corpus weight
- clue
clue
18,997 corpus weight
- collapse
collapse
18,993 corpus weight
- Collonges
Collonges
18,991 corpus weight
- colorimétrie
colorimétrie
18,990 corpus weight
- comb
comb
18,989 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « collapse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collapse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.laps\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « collapse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
collapse is uncommon French at frequency #81,008 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.laps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for collapse, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is collapse, spelled C-O-L-L-A-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1Effondrement.
- 2Fissuration du bois au séchage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how collapse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Or Monsieur, cette guerre-là est virtuelement terminée : elle est terminée par le collapse militaire acquis, et par le collapse politique accompli, mais par malheur non encore proclamé, — du napoléonisme. »
Son esprit avait beau s’interroger, il se cabrait devant cette mort, refusait d’intégrer l’impensable. Ce collapse la retranchait des vivants.
This word in other languages
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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