collerette

\kɔl.ʁɛt\

/\kɔl.ʁɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“collerette” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,991
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit collet de lingerie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collerette · collerette · French

collerette · rank #48,991 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,991
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH collaborant

Nearest frequency peer: collaborant (-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 « collerette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collerette » 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
Key facts for collerette
PropertyValue
Headwordcollerette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔl.ʁɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#48,991
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collerette »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).collerettese 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 « collaborant » (#48,990), « colorier » (#48,992), « colla » (#48,989). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collerette » est au #48,991. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around collerette (IPA \kɔl.ʁɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,991 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for collerette, with forms such as "ccollerette", "clolerette", and "colelrette". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is collerette, spelled C-O-L-L-E-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit collet de lingerie.
  2. 2
    Col porté par certains prêtres avec une soutane ou un clergyman.
  3. 3
    Composant en forme de col terminant une pièce mécanique, un tube et permettant son assemblage avec une autre pièce.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des bractées d'une inflorescence.
  5. 5
    Ombrelle d’une méduse.
  6. 6
    Collerette vétérinaire, dispositif en plastique, de forme tronconique, placé autour du cou de l’animal pour qu’il cicatrise correctement, l’empêchant ainsi de toucher la partie soignée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le soin excessif de sa toilette, des bottines de velours, une collerette de dentelles, le châle mis droit, tout attestait la sollicitude de Modeste pour sa mère.
  2. Cependant, en les regardant avec attention, je remarquai dans les collerettes de leurs chemises une différence assez frivole.

Synonyms

fraise

This word in other languages

collarette(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollerette
  • clolerette
  • colelrette
  • colerette
  • colleertte
  • collerete
  • colleretet
  • collerrette
  • collertete
  • collreette
  • ocllerette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of collerette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccollerette1clolerette2colelrette2colerette1colleertte2collerete1colleretet2collerrette1
Edit distance from "collerette"

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 "collerette"?
"collerette" is spelled C-O-L-L-E-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔl.ʁɛt\.
What does "collerette" mean?
As a noun, "collerette" means: Petit collet de lingerie.
What are common misspellings of "collerette"?
Common misspellings include "ccollerette", "clolerette", "colelrette", "colerette", "colleertte". The correct spelling is "collerette".
How do you pronounce "collerette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collerette" is \kɔl.ʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collerette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

chypriotes#48,983cooptation#49,002coutumiers#49,004couturiers#49,005

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

colorier11 variantscongélo11 variantscuillerée11 variantsdissoutes11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list