Colmar

/\kɔl.maʁ\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,993

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

Colmar is aFrenchname. It means: Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département du Haut-Rhin. Pronounced \kɔl.maʁ\. Often confused with coma and color.

Key facts for Colmar
PropertyValue
HeadwordColmar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\kɔl.maʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,993
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Colmar in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Colmar is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔl.maʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,993 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Colmar, with forms such as "ccolmar", "clomar", and "colamr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "coma", "color", "colza", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Colmar, spelled C-O-L-M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département du Haut-Rhin.
  2. 2
    Section de la commune de Colmar-Berg au Luxembourg.
  3. 3
    Ancien nom de la commune d’Azimour dans la wilaya de Bejaïa en Algérie.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccolmar,clomar,colamr,collmar,colmarr,colmmar,colmra,comlar,oclmar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Colmar

Misspelling Variants of "Colmar"

ccolmar7clomar6colamr6collmar7colmarr7colmmar7colmra6comlar6
Misspelling Variants of "Colmar"

Frequency rank: #13,993 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Colmar"?
"Colmar" is spelled C-O-L-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔl.maʁ\.
What does "Colmar" mean?
As a name, "Colmar" means: Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département du Haut-Rhin.
What words are commonly confused with "Colmar"?
"Colmar" is commonly confused with "coma", "color", "colza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Colmar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Colmar" is \kɔl.maʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Colmar" come from?
"Colmar" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.