collection

/\kɔ.lɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,512

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

collection is aFrenchnoun. It means: Réunion de plusieurs objets qui ont ensemble quelque rapport. Pronounced \kɔ.lɛk.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #1,512 in French word frequency. Often confused with collector and collective.

Key facts for collection
PropertyValue
Headwordcollection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,512
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of collection in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for collection is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.lɛk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,512 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for collection, with forms such as "ccollection", "clolection", and "colection". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "collector", "collective", "correction", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is collection, spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réunion de plusieurs objets qui ont ensemble quelque rapport.
  2. 2
    Recueil ou compilation de plusieurs ouvrages qui ont rapport à une même matière ou qui appartiennent à un même genre.
  3. 3
    Groupe de plusieurs ouvrages d'un même éditeur sur un même sujet.
  4. 4
    Poche de liquide (sang, pus), collecté dans une cavité naturelle ou accidentelle de l’organisme.
  5. 5
    Ensemble d’articles créés et présentés pour une saison dans l’industrie de la mode et du luxe.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccollection,clolection,colection,colelction,collcetion,collecction,colleciton,collectino,collectionn,collectoin,collecttion,colletcion,ocllection

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for collection

Misspelling Variants of "collection"

ccollection11clolection10colection9colelction10collcetion10collecction11colleciton10collectino10
Misspelling Variants of "collection"

Frequency rank: #1,512 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "collection"?
"collection" is spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "collection" mean?
As a noun, "collection" means: Réunion de plusieurs objets qui ont ensemble quelque rapport.
What words are commonly confused with "collection"?
"collection" is commonly confused with "collector", "collective", "correction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collection" is \kɔ.lɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collection" come from?
"collection" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.