collez

\kɔ.le\

/\kɔ.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“collez” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,850. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,850
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de coller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collez · collez · French

collez · rank #43,850 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,850
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coal

Nearest frequency peer: coal (-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 « collez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collez » 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).

collez vs coule
67% similar
collez vs couler
67% similar
collez vs coupez
67% similar

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

Key facts for collez
PropertyValue
Headwordcollez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,850
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collez »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).collezse 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 « coal » (#43,849), « colocs » (#43,851), « Clisson » (#43,848). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collez » est au #43,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around collez (IPA \kɔ.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,850 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for collez, with forms such as "ccollez", "clolez", and "colelz". 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, "coule", "couler", "coupez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is collez, spelled C-O-L-L-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de coller.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de coller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Suivons son procédé de fabrication : un carton de trente centimètres de haut environ, rempli de journaux que vous collez et contre-collez.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollez
  • clolez
  • colelz
  • colez
  • collezz
  • collze
  • ocllez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of collez - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccollez1clolez2colelz2colez1collezz1collze2ocllez2
Edit distance from "collez"

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 "collez"?
"collez" is spelled C-O-L-L-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.le\.
What does "collez" mean?
As a verb, "collez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de coller.
What words are commonly confused with "collez"?
"collez" is commonly confused with "coule", "couler", "coupez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collez" is \kɔ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collez" come from?
"collez" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colocs#43,851cendré#43,832canari#43,825Canaan#43,824

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

courrez7 variantscueilli7 variantscamino7 variantsdomus7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list