collines

\kɔ.lin\

/\kɔ.lin\/ noun

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The verdict

“collines” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,082. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,082
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de colline.

Corpus desk

Index FR-collines · collines · French

collines · rank #8,082 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,082
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH collèges

Nearest frequency peer: collèges (+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 « collines »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « collines » 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).

collines vs copines
75% similar
collines vs collins
88% similar
collines vs colonnes
75% similar

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

Key facts for collines
PropertyValue
Headwordcollines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lin\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,082
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « collines »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).collinesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « collèges » (#8,083), « cliniques » (#8,080), « comédien » (#8,084). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « collines » est au #8,082. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around collines (IPA \kɔ.lin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,082 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de colline.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for collines, with forms such as "ccollines", "clolines", and "colilnes". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "copines", "collins", "colonnes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is collines, spelled C-O-L-L-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de colline.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De la vue qu’encadrait la fenêtre de sa chambre, il retint le bleu lavande du ciel orageux et des collines et les tons rompus de bleu-vert du champ de blé en herbe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccollines
  • clolines
  • colilnes
  • colines
  • colliens
  • colliness
  • collinnes
  • collinse
  • collnies
  • ocllines

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccollines1clolines2colilnes2colines1colliens2colliness1collinnes1collinse2
Edit distance from "collines"

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 "collines"?
"collines" is spelled C-O-L-L-I-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lin\.
What does "collines" mean?
As a noun, "collines" means: Pluriel de colline.
What words are commonly confused with "collines"?
"collines" is commonly confused with "copines", "collins", "colonnes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "collines"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "collines" is \kɔ.lin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "collines" come from?
"collines" 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 "collines", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

collèges#8,083comédien#8,084Boulogne#8,072cuisiner#8,092

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

confiée10 variantsCameron10 variantssortait10 variantsservait10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list