collier

/\kɔ.lje\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,737

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

collier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ornement, bijou qui fait le tour du cou. Pronounced \kɔ.lje\. It ranks #5,737 in French word frequency. Often confused with couler and copier.

Key facts for collier
PropertyValue
Headwordcollier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,737
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of collier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for collier is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.lje\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,737 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for collier, with forms such as "ccollier", "clolier", and "colier". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "couler", "copier", "Collin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is collier, spelled C-O-L-L-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ornement, bijou qui fait le tour du cou.
  2. 2
    Ornement, bijou qui fait le tour du cou.
  3. 3
    Ornement, bijou qui fait le tour du cou.
  4. 4
    Cercle de cuir, de métal, etc., que l’on met autour du cou de quelques animaux.
  5. 5
    Marque naturelle en forme de cercle, qui se voit quelquefois autour du cou des quadrupèdes, des oiseaux, et qui est différente par sa couleur du reste de leur poil ou de leur plumage.
  6. 6
    Partie du harnais des chevaux d’attelage qui est faite de bois ou de cuir et rembourrée et à laquelle les traits sont attachés.
  7. 7
    Cheval de collier ; cheval propre à tirer.
  8. 8
    Travail pénible et routinier.
  9. 9
    Astragale taillé en perles, en olives qui entoure le fût d’une colonne.
  10. 10
    Partie du cou du bœuf qui reste attachée aux épaules quand on détache la tête.
  11. 11
    Barbe allant d’une tempe à l’autre en passant par le menton.
  12. 12
    Ensemble constitué des écouteurs, du microphone et des câbles portés autour du cou par les téléphonistes.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccollier,clolier,colier,coliler,colleir,collierr,collire,ocllier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for collier

Misspelling Variants of "collier"

ccollier8clolier7colier6coliler7colleir7collierr8collire7ocllier7
Misspelling Variants of "collier"

Frequency rank: #5,737 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "collier"?
"collier" is spelled C-O-L-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lje\.
What does "collier" mean?
As a noun, "collier" means: Ornement, bijou qui fait le tour du cou.
What words are commonly confused with "collier"?
"collier" is commonly confused with "couler", "copier", "Collin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collier" is \kɔ.lje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collier" come from?
"collier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.