colloque

\kɔ.lɔk\

/\kɔ.lɔk\/ noun

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The verdict

“colloque” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,669
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conférence entre deux rois ou entre deux chefs d’État, en vue de s’entendre sur des matières politiques, religieuses, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-colloque · colloque · French

colloque · rank #7,669 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,669
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coiffure

Nearest frequency peer: coiffure (-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 « colloque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « colloque » 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).

colloque vs convoque
75% similar
colloque vs colloques
89% similar
colloque vs collègue
75% similar

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

Key facts for colloque
PropertyValue
Headwordcolloque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lɔk\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,669
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « colloque »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coiffure » (#7,668), « compensation » (#7,670), « choque » (#7,667). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « colloque » est au #7,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around colloque (IPA \kɔ.lɔk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,669 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for colloque, with forms such as "ccolloque", "cloloque", and "colloqeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "convoque", "colloques", "collègue", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is colloque, spelled C-O-L-L-O-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conférence entre deux rois ou entre deux chefs d’État, en vue de s’entendre sur des matières politiques, religieuses, etc.
  2. 2
    Conférence ou communication scientifique présentée dans un cadre académique.
  3. 3
    Entretien plus ou moins mystérieux entre deux ou plusieurs personnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Coucy-le-Château (Aisne) eut pour rabbins Simon ben Abraham, dénommé le sire de Coucy, et le célèbre Moïse de Coucy, l'un des quatre représentants du judaïsme au colloque de Paris de 1240.
  2. Il ne faudrait pas passer sous silence le fait que les chercheurs et chercheures francophones se rencontrent aussi dans le cadre de colloques annuels et autres activités organisées par les centres de recherches dans les provinces.

Synonyms

collocution

This word in other languages

conference(English)coloquio(Español)Kolloquium(Deutsch)colóquio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccolloque
  • cloloque
  • colloqeu
  • colloqque
  • collouqe
  • collqoue
  • cololque
  • coloque
  • oclloque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colloque - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccolloque1cloloque2colloqeu2colloqque1collouqe2collqoue2cololque2coloque1
Edit distance from "colloque"

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 "colloque"?
"colloque" is spelled C-O-L-L-O-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɔk\.
What does "colloque" mean?
As a noun, "colloque" means: Conférence entre deux rois ou entre deux chefs d’État, en vue de s’entendre sur des matières politiques, religieuses, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "colloque"?
"colloque" is commonly confused with "convoque", "colloques", "collègue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colloque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colloque" is \kɔ.lɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colloque" come from?
"colloque" 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 "colloque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

coiffure#7,668coureurs#7,675banquier#7,661Auvergne#7,659

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

blesser9 variantsBatman9 variantsaurions9 variantsenterré9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list