collimateur
\kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\
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
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositif optique permettant d’obtenir un faisceau de rayons parallèles à partir d’une source de lumière.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collimateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #34,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “collimateur” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around collimateur (IPA \kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,940 among 257,141 “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
- 1Dispositif optique permettant d’obtenir un faisceau de rayons parallèles à partir d’une source de lumière.
- 2Dispositif optique qui permet un pointage précis et sert dans les instruments de visée.
- 3Dispositif optique qui permet un pointage précis et sert dans les instruments de visée.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “collimateur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-L-L-I-M-A-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.li.ma.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.