collation

\kɔ.la.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“collation” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,933
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Repas léger que les catholiques font les jours de jeûne pour remplacer le souper, et par extension, un repas léger pris au cours de la journée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collation · collation · French

collation · rank #25,933 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,933
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coince

Nearest frequency peer: coince (-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 « collation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collation » 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).

collation vs cotation
78% similar
collation vs collision
78% similar
collation vs collusion
78% similar

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

Key facts for collation
PropertyValue
Headwordcollation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,933
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).collationse 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 « coince » (#25,932), « collectés » (#25,934), « cocu » (#25,931). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collation » est au #25,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around collation (IPA \kɔ.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,933 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for collation, with forms such as "ccollation", "clolation", and "colaltion". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "cotation", "collision", "collusion", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 collation, spelled C-O-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Repas léger que les catholiques font les jours de jeûne pour remplacer le souper, et par extension, un repas léger pris au cours de la journée.
  2. 2
    Repas léger qu’on fait dans l’après-dîner à l’occasion d’une cérémonie, d’une chasse, etc.
  3. 3
    N'importe quelle espèce de repas léger, pris à n'importe quelle heure du jour ou de la nuit, et dans toutes sortes d'occasions.
  4. 4
    Action, droit de conférer à quelqu’un des grades universitaires.
  5. 5
    Droit de conférer un bénéfice ecclésiastique.
  6. 6
    Action de collationner ou résultat de cette action.
  7. 7
    Ordre prescrit ou une spécification donnée déterminant la manière d’agencer une liste de chaînes de caractères, action d’agencer selon un tel ordre, ou encore résultat de cette action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Petite, simple, légère collation.
  2. Faire collation.

Synonyms

mérandeinterclassement

This word in other languages

collation(English)colación(Español)Imbiss(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollation
  • clolation
  • colaltion
  • colation
  • collaiton
  • collatino
  • collationn
  • collatoin
  • collattion
  • colltaion
  • ocllation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of collation - 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.

ccollation1clolation2colaltion2colation1collaiton2collatino2collationn1collatoin2
Edit distance from "collation"

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 "collation"?
"collation" is spelled C-O-L-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "collation" mean?
As a noun, "collation" means: Repas léger que les catholiques font les jours de jeûne pour remplacer le souper, et par extension, un repas léger pris au cours de la journée.
What words are commonly confused with "collation"?
"collation" is commonly confused with "cotation", "collision", "collusion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collation" is \kɔ.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collation" come from?
"collation" 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 "collation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

collectés#25,934commandos#25,937Condorcet#25,943consentis#25,945

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

combles11 variantscoordonne11 variantsdissocier11 variantsdécaler11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list