collège

\kɔ.lɛʒ\

/\kɔ.lɛʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“collège” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,697
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chez les Romains, corporation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-college · collège · French

collège · rank #1,697 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,697
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Claude

Nearest frequency peer: Claude (-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 « collège »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collège » 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).

collège vs coller
57% similar
collège vs collet
57% similar
collège vs coulée
57% similar

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

Key facts for collège
PropertyValue
Headwordcollège
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lɛʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,697
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collège »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.collègese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Claude » (#1,696), « construire » (#1,698), « candidats » (#1,695). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collège » est au #1,697. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around collège (IPA \kɔ.lɛʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,697 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for collège, with forms such as "ccollège", "clolège", and "college". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coller", "collet", "coulée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is collège, spelled C-O-L-L-È-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chez les Romains, corporation.
  2. 2
    Corps ou compagnies de personnes revêtues d’une même dignité.
  3. 3
    Instance de direction collective.
  4. 4
    Établissement universitaire de l’ancien régime.
  5. 5
    Établissement d’enseignement secondaire du premier cycle.
  6. 6
    Établissement catholique d’enseignement secondaire.
  7. 7
    Établissement universitaire étranger.
  8. 8
    Cégep, établissement de formation technique et pré-universitaire.
  9. 9
    Réunion des écoliers qui font leurs études dans un collège.
  10. 10
    Établissement d’enseignement secondaire supérieur. En usage dans les cantons de Fribourg, de Genève et du Valais uniquement.
  11. 11
    Période de la journée passée dans un collège.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y avait dans l’ancienne Rome des collèges de marchands.
  2. Elle va donc proposer au collège des commissaires de retirer cette proposition de règlement et précise qu’une autre proposition « beaucoup plus mûrie » sera faite, à l’issue du dialogue stratégique sur l’avenir de l’agriculture.

Synonyms

lycéegymnasecégep

This word in other languages

high school(English)colegio(Español)Gymnasium(Deutsch)ginásio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollège
  • clolège
  • college
  • collgèe
  • collèeg
  • collègge
  • colège
  • colèlge
  • ocllège

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccollège1clolège2college1collgèe2collèeg2collègge1colège1colèlge2
Edit distance from "collège"

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 "collège"?
"collège" is spelled C-O-L-L-È-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɛʒ\.
What does "collège" mean?
As a noun, "collège" means: Chez les Romains, corporation.
What words are commonly confused with "collège"?
"collège" is commonly confused with "coller", "collet", "coulée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collège"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collège" is \kɔ.lɛʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collège" come from?
"collège" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

besoins#1,694efforts#1,700humaine#1,703ouvrage#1,707

Similar misspelling depth

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

officiel9 variantsvivant9 variantspatron9 variantsstatut9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list