collégiens

\kɔ.le.ʒjɛ̃\

/\kɔ.le.ʒjɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“collégiens” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,381
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de collégien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collegiens · collégiens · French

collégiens · rank #17,381 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,381
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Colbert

Nearest frequency peer: Colbert (-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 « collégiens »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collégiens » 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).

collégiens vs collègues
70% similar
collégiens vs collèges
70% similar
collégiens vs collégien
90% similar

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

Key facts for collégiens
PropertyValue
Headwordcollégiens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.le.ʒjɛ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,381
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collégiens »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).collégiensse 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 « Colbert » (#17,380), « colorées » (#17,382), « cod » (#17,379). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collégiens » est au #17,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around collégiens (IPA \kɔ.le.ʒjɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,381 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de collégien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for collégiens, with forms such as "ccollégiens", "clolégiens", and "collegiens". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "collègues", "collèges", "collégien", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is collégiens, spelled C-O-L-L-É-G-I-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de collégien.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollégiens
  • clolégiens
  • collegiens
  • collgéiens
  • collégeins
  • colléggiens
  • collégienns
  • collégienss
  • collégiesn
  • collégines
  • colléigens
  • colégiens
  • colélgiens
  • ocllégiens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccollégiens1clolégiens2collegiens1collgéiens2collégeins2colléggiens1collégienns1collégienss1
Edit distance from "collégiens"

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 "collégiens"?
"collégiens" is spelled C-O-L-L-É-G-I-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.le.ʒjɛ̃\.
What does "collégiens" mean?
As a noun, "collégiens" means: Pluriel de collégien.
What words are commonly confused with "collégiens"?
"collégiens" is commonly confused with "collègues", "collèges", "collégien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collégiens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collégiens" is \kɔ.le.ʒjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collégiens" come from?
"collégiens" 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 "collégiens", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list