collar

\ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)\

/\ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)\/ noun

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The verdict

“collar” is uncommon French (frequency #87,476 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,476
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Col.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collar · collar · French

collar · rank #87,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,476
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH colistiers

Nearest frequency peer: colistiers (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « collar »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « collar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for collar
PropertyValue
Headwordcollar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)\
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,476
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « collar » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).collartombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « colistiers » (#87,475), « collectivistes » (#87,477), « colman » (#87,478). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collar » est au #87,476. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

collar is uncommon French at frequency #87,476 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for collar, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is collar, spelled C-O-L-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Col.
  2. 2
    Collier.
  3. 3
    Collier.
  4. 4
    Produit dérivé dont les pertes et les gains sont limités.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.
  2. One type of horse harness is a collar and hames.

Synonyms

necklace

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 "collar"?
"collar" is spelled C-O-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)\.
What does "collar" mean?
As a noun, "collar" means: Col.
How do you pronounce "collar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collar" is \ˈkɒl.ə(ɹ)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collar" come from?
"collar" 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 "collar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colman#87,478claqua#87,468cireur#87,465cuando#87,506

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list