colocataire

\kɔ.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\

/\kɔ.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“colocataire” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,736
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui vit en colocation, partageant une seule location.

Corpus desk

Index FR-colocataire · colocataire · French

colocataire · rank #27,736 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,736
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH collisions

Nearest frequency peer: collisions (-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 « colocataire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « colocataire » 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).

colocataire vs colocataires
92% similar

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

Key facts for colocataire
PropertyValue
Headwordcolocataire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#27,736
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « colocataire »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).colocatairese 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 « collisions » (#27,735), « colères » (#27,737), « collectionne » (#27,734). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « colocataire » est au #27,736. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around colocataire (IPA \kɔ.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,736 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for colocataire, with forms such as "ccolocataire", "cloocataire", and "colcoataire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "colocataires", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is colocataire, spelled C-O-L-O-C-A-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui vit en colocation, partageant une seule location.
  2. 2
    Personne qui vit dans un immeuble de location en commun.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Appelant à l’aide, elle est secourue par les deux colocataires du prévenu.
  2. Claude commence le travail très tôt le matin et se couche également tôt le soir, alors que son colocataire suit un horaire décalé de plusieurs heures par rapport au sien. Le colocataire de Michel passe souvent la journée à la maison […].

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccolocataire
  • cloocataire
  • colcoataire
  • collocataire
  • coloactaire
  • colocaatire
  • colocataier
  • colocatairre
  • colocatarie
  • colocatiare
  • colocattaire
  • coloccataire
  • coloctaaire
  • coolcataire
  • oclocataire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccolocataire1cloocataire2colcoataire2collocataire1coloactaire2colocaatire2colocataier2colocatairre1
Edit distance from "colocataire"

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 "colocataire"?
"colocataire" is spelled C-O-L-O-C-A-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\.
What does "colocataire" mean?
As a noun, "colocataire" means: Personne qui vit en colocation, partageant une seule location.
What words are commonly confused with "colocataire"?
"colocataire" is commonly confused with "colocataires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colocataire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colocataire" is \kɔ.lɔ.ka.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colocataire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list