collecte

\kɔ.lɛkt\

/\kɔ.lɛkt\/ noun

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The verdict

“collecte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,535
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ramassage d’objets, de produits, en vue d’un traitement spécifique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collecte · collecte · French

collecte · rank #5,535 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,535
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coffre

Nearest frequency peer: coffre (-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 « collecte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collecte » 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).

collecte vs collet
75% similar
collecte vs collée
63% similar
collecte vs collège
63% similar

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

Key facts for collecte
PropertyValue
Headwordcollecte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lɛkt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,535
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collecte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).collectese 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 « coffre » (#5,534), « colonisation » (#5,536), « clôture » (#5,533). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collecte » est au #5,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around collecte (IPA \kɔ.lɛkt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,535 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for collecte, with forms such as "ccollecte", "clolecte", and "colecte". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "collet", "collée", "collège", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is collecte, spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ramassage d’objets, de produits, en vue d’un traitement spécifique.
  2. 2
    Quête faite pour une œuvre de bienfaisance ou pour un objet d’intérêt commun.
  3. 3
    Recensement.
  4. 4
    Oraison que le prêtre dit à la messe avant l’épître.
  5. 5
    Partie d’un accès internet situé entre la boucle locale et les points de sortie du FAI.
  6. 6
    Partie d’un accès internet situé entre la boucle locale et les points de sortie du FAI.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La collecte en porte à porte s’applique plus aux déchets ménagers qu’aux déchets industriels.
  2. La collecte a produit tant.

Synonyms

guignolée

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollecte
  • clolecte
  • colecte
  • colelcte
  • collcete
  • colleccte
  • collecet
  • collectte
  • colletce
  • ocllecte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccollecte1clolecte2colecte1colelcte2collcete2colleccte1collecet2collectte1
Edit distance from "collecte"

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 "collecte"?
"collecte" is spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɛkt\.
What does "collecte" mean?
As a noun, "collecte" means: Ramassage d’objets, de produits, en vue d’un traitement spécifique.
What words are commonly confused with "collecte"?
"collecte" is commonly confused with "collet", "collée", "collège". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collecte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collecte" is \kɔ.lɛkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collecte" come from?
"collecte" 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 "collecte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

douleurs#5,549énergies#5,514faillite#5,558Florence#5,560

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

clavier10 variantsdispute10 variantsdisques10 variantsaborder10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list