colocation

\ko.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ko.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“colocation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,376
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Location faite par plusieurs personnes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-colocation · colocation · French

colocation · rank #27,376 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,376
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Coleman

Nearest frequency peer: Coleman (-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 « colocation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « colocation » 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).

colocation vs coloration
90% similar
colocation vs convocation
82% similar
colocation vs colorations
82% similar

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

Key facts for colocation
PropertyValue
Headwordcolocation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ko.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,376
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « colocation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).colocationse 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 « Coleman » (#27,375), « colza » (#27,377), « coiffée » (#27,374). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « colocation » est au #27,376. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around colocation (IPA \ko.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,376 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Location faite par plusieurs personnes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for colocation, with forms such as "ccolocation", "cloocation", and "colcoation". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "coloration", "convocation", "colorations", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is colocation, spelled C-O-L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Location faite par plusieurs personnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Trois top-modèles vivaient en colocation dans l'appartement prêté par un couturier en vogue. Une quatrième débarqua de sa Russie natale, une longue liane de 180 cm, belle, de naturel parée.
  2. Sept pourcent seulement des étudiants vivent en colocation. Celle-ci se développe très lentement en France.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccolocation
  • cloocation
  • colcoation
  • collocation
  • coloaction
  • colocaiton
  • colocatino
  • colocationn
  • colocatoin
  • colocattion
  • coloccation
  • coloctaion
  • coolcation
  • oclocation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colocation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccolocation1cloocation2colcoation2collocation1coloaction2colocaiton2colocatino2colocationn1
Edit distance from "colocation"

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 "colocation"?
"colocation" is spelled C-O-L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ko.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "colocation" mean?
As a noun, "colocation" means: Location faite par plusieurs personnes.
What words are commonly confused with "colocation"?
"colocation" is commonly confused with "coloration", "convocation", "colorations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colocation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colocation" is \ko.lɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colocation" come from?
"colocation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list