collier

\kɔ.lje\

/\kɔ.lje\/ noun

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The verdict

“collier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,737
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornement, bijou qui fait le tour du cou.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collier · collier · French

collier · rank #5,737 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,737
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chouette

Nearest frequency peer: chouette (-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 « collier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collier » 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).

collier vs couler
71% similar
collier vs copier
71% similar
collier vs Collin
57% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.collierse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chouette » (#5,736), « communistes » (#5,738), « campus » (#5,735). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collier » est au #5,737. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around collier (IPA \kɔ.lje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,737 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for collier, with forms such as "ccollier", "clolier", and "colier". 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, "couler", "copier", "Collin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is collier, spelled C-O-L-L-I-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des Soudanais vendent des porte-cigarettes en ivoire, des colliers pour les femmes, des fouets de cuir.
  2. Enfiler un collier.

Synonyms

collet

This word in other languages

necklace(English)collar(Español)Halskette(Deutsch)colar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollier
  • clolier
  • colier
  • coliler
  • colleir
  • collierr
  • collire
  • ocllier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccollier1clolier2colier1coliler2colleir2collierr1collire2ocllier2
Edit distance from "collier"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conclut#5,740asseoir#5,728annuler#5,725aimerai#5,724

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

aurons8 variantscourbe8 variantsabsent8 variantsToulon8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list