Collard

\kɔ.laʁ\

/\kɔ.laʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Collard” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,156. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,156
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-collard · Collard · French

Collard · rank #24,156 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,156
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cohabiter

Nearest frequency peer: cohabiter (-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 « Collard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Collard » 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).

Collard vs coller
57% similar
Collard vs Colmar
71% similar
Collard vs connard
57% similar

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

Key facts for Collard
PropertyValue
HeadwordCollard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɔ.laʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,156
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Collard »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Collardse 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 « cohabiter » (#24,155), « coche » (#24,154), « closes » (#24,153). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Collard » est au #24,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Collard (IPA \kɔ.laʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,156 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Collard, with forms such as "ccollard", "clolard", and "colalrd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "coller", "Colmar", "connard", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Collard, spelled C-O-L-L-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avant de poser ses valises à Saint-Porchaire, Johan Collard a fait de la route.
  2. Gilbert Collard pourra-t-il réserver une salle de réu?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollard
  • clolard
  • colalrd
  • colard
  • colladr
  • collardd
  • collarrd
  • collrad
  • ocllard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Collard - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccollard1clolard2colalrd2colard1colladr2collardd1collarrd1collrad2
Edit distance from "Collard"

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 "Collard"?
"Collard" is spelled C-O-L-L-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.laʁ\.
What does "Collard" mean?
As a proper noun, "Collard" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Collard"?
"Collard" is commonly confused with "coller", "Colmar", "connard". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Collard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Collard" is \kɔ.laʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Collard" come from?
"Collard" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Cicéron#24,150chilien#24,146chester#24,145coulant#24,167

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

config9 variantschiots9 variantsduplex9 variantsBertin9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list