collimateur

\kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\

/\kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“collimateur” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,940
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif optique permettant d’obtenir un faisceau de rayons parallèles à partir d’une source de lumière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collimateur · collimateur · French

collimateur · rank #34,940 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,940
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cochin

Nearest frequency peer: Cochin (-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 « collimateur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collimateur » 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 collimateur
PropertyValue
Headwordcollimateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#34,940
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collimateur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).collimateurse 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 « Cochin » (#34,939), « colocataires » (#34,941), « CNES » (#34,938). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collimateur » est au #34,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around collimateur (IPA \kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,940 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for collimateur, with forms such as "ccollimateur", "clolimateur", and "colilmateur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is collimateur, spelled C-O-L-L-I-M-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispositif optique permettant d’obtenir un faisceau de rayons parallèles à partir d’une source de lumière.
  2. 2
    Dispositif optique qui permet un pointage précis et sert dans les instruments de visée.
  3. 3
    Dispositif optique qui permet un pointage précis et sert dans les instruments de visée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est composé d’un collimateur qui permet d’obtenir un faisceau de rayons de lumière parallèles, d’une ­lunette de visée et d’une plate-forme sur laquelle on place le cristal.
  2. Le collimateur d’un canon.

This word in other languages

collimator(English)fadenkreuz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollimateur
  • clolimateur
  • colilmateur
  • colimateur
  • colliamteur
  • collimaetur
  • collimateru
  • collimateurr
  • collimatteur
  • collimatuer
  • collimmateur
  • collimtaeur
  • collmiateur
  • ocllimateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccollimateur1clolimateur2colilmateur2colimateur1colliamteur2collimaetur2collimateru2collimateurr1
Edit distance from "collimateur"

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 "collimateur"?
"collimateur" is spelled C-O-L-L-I-M-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\.
What does "collimateur" mean?
As a noun, "collimateur" means: Dispositif optique permettant d’obtenir un faisceau de rayons parallèles à partir d’une source de lumière.
What are common misspellings of "collimateur"?
Common misspellings include "ccollimateur", "clolimateur", "colilmateur", "colimateur", "colliamteur". The correct spelling is "collimateur".
How do you pronounce "collimateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collimateur" is \kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list