collégialité

\kɔ.le.ʒja.li.te\

/\kɔ.le.ʒja.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“collégialité” is uncommon French (frequency #66,600 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,600
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est collégial.

Key facts for collégialité
PropertyValue
Headwordcollégialité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.le.ʒja.li.te\
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,600
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “collégialité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). collégialité lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

collégialité is uncommon French at frequency #66,600 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.le.ʒja.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for collégialité, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is collégialité, spelled C-O-L-L-É-G-I-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est collégial.
  2. 2
    Coopération réciproque entre les membres d'une communauté qui agissent comme des collègues.

This word in other languages

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 "collégialité"?
"collégialité" is spelled C-O-L-L-É-G-I-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.le.ʒja.li.te\.
What does "collégialité" mean?
As a noun, "collégialité" means: Caractère de ce qui est collégial.
How do you pronounce "collégialité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collégialité" is \kɔ.le.ʒja.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collégialité" come from?
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Using “collégialité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-L-L-É-G-I-A-L-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ.le.ʒja.li.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list