Colmar

\kɔl.maʁ\

/\kɔl.maʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Colmar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,993. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,993
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune, ville et chef-lieu de département français, situé dans le département du Haut-Rhin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-colmar · Colmar · French

Colmar · rank #13,993 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,993
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH collecter

Nearest frequency peer: collecter (-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 « Colmar »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Colmar » 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).

Colmar vs coma
50% similar
Colmar vs color
50% similar
Colmar vs colza
50% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Colmar »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Colmarse 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 « collecter » (#13,992), « commandée » (#13,994), « Cleveland » (#13,991). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Colmar » est au #13,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Colmar (IPA \kɔl.maʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,993 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 Colmar, with forms such as "ccolmar", "clomar", and "colamr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "coma", "color", "colza", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Colmar, spelled C-O-L-M-A-R.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccolmar
  • clomar
  • colamr
  • collmar
  • colmarr
  • colmmar
  • colmra
  • comlar
  • oclmar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Colmar - 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.

ccolmar1clomar2colamr2collmar1colmarr1colmmar1colmra2comlar2
Edit distance from "Colmar"

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 "Colmar"?
"Colmar" is spelled C-O-L-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔl.maʁ\.
What does "Colmar" mean?
As a proper noun, "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chelem#13,989blabla#13,978devrai#14,008barack#13,974

Similar misspelling depth

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

donjon9 variantsbaisers9 variantsAshley9 variantsDuncan9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list