coloniser

\kɔ.lɔ.ni.ze\

/\kɔ.lɔ.ni.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“coloniser” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,101
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peupler de colons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coloniser · coloniser · French

coloniser · rank #30,101 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,101
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH collatéral

Nearest frequency peer: collatéral (-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 « coloniser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coloniser » 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).

coloniser vs colorier
78% similar
coloniser vs colonisés
78% similar
coloniser vs colonie
78% similar

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

Key facts for coloniser
PropertyValue
Headwordcoloniser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.lɔ.ni.ze\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,101
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coloniser »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coloniserse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « collatéral » (#30,100), « cobaye » (#30,099), « concourt » (#30,104). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coloniser » est au #30,101. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around coloniser (IPA \kɔ.lɔ.ni.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,101 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for coloniser, with forms such as "ccoloniser", "clooniser", and "colloniser". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "colorier", "colonisés", "colonie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coloniser, spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peupler de colons.
  2. 2
    Envahir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cuba n’était pas encore colonisée et servait de refuge aux malheureux Indiens que le désespoir chassait d’Hispaniola ; les forêts en étaient remplies, et plus d'une fois ils attaquèrent les naufragés.
  2. C'est à partir de la Méditerranée que les Grecs entreprirent de coloniser la côte ouest de l'Asie Mineure, mille ans avant l'ère chrétienne, ou s'établir sur la côte de Cyrénaïque et le delta du Nil, en Sicile et en Italie du Sud (Grande-Grèce).

This word in other languages

colonise(English)besiedeln(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoloniser
  • clooniser
  • colloniser
  • colnoiser
  • coloinser
  • coloniesr
  • coloniserr
  • colonisre
  • colonisser
  • colonniser
  • colonsier
  • coolniser
  • ocloniser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoloniser1clooniser2colloniser1colnoiser2coloinser2coloniesr2coloniserr1colonisre2
Edit distance from "coloniser"

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 "coloniser"?
"coloniser" is spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɔ.ni.ze\.
What does "coloniser" mean?
As a verb, "coloniser" means: Peupler de colons.
What words are commonly confused with "coloniser"?
"coloniser" is commonly confused with "colorier", "colonisés", "colonie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coloniser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coloniser" is \kɔ.lɔ.ni.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coloniser" come from?
"coloniser" 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 "coloniser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list