colosse

Name: colosse, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kɔ.lɔs\

/\kɔ.lɔs\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“colosse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,010. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,010
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Statue d’une grandeur extraordinaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-colosse · colosse · French

colosse · rank #27,010 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,010
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH coiffures

Nearest frequency peer: coiffures (-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.

Cocteau

72,994
cogné

72,993
coiffures

72,992
colosse

72,991
commanditai…

72,990
commodité

72,989

What this shows « colosse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

colosse vs cosse

71% similar

colosse vs crosse

71% similar

colosse vs culasse

71% similar

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

Key facts for colosse
Property	Value
Headword	colosse
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\kɔ.lɔs\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#27,010
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	18
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « colosse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.colossese place ici:

#27,010

#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 « coiffures » (#27,009), « commanditaires » (#27,011), « cogné » (#27,008). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « colosse » est au #27,010. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around colosse (IPA \kɔ.lɔs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,010 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for colosse, with forms such as "ccolosse", "cloosse", and "collosse". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "cosse", "crosse", "culasse", and more, 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is colosse, spelled C-O-L-O-S-S-E.

Definition

1
Statue d’une grandeur extraordinaire.
2
Homme, animal de fort grande stature.
3
Empire, souverain très puissant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

L'opinion de mon père serait la seule qui permettrait de rendre compte d'une manière toute naturelle de l’adoption de la tète du colosse chryséléphantin.
Le colosse de Rhodes.

This word in other languages

colossus(English)coloso(Español)Koloss(Deutsch)colosso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccolosse
cloosse
collosse
colose
coloses
colsose
coolsse
oclosse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "colosse"

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 "colosse"?

"colosse" is spelled C-O-L-O-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɔs\.

What does "colosse" mean?

As a noun, "colosse" means: Statue d’une grandeur extraordinaire.

What words are commonly confused with "colosse"?

"colosse" is commonly confused with "cosse", "crosse", "culasse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "colosse"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colosse" is \kɔ.lɔs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "colosse" come from?

"colosse" 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 "colosse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cocteau#27,007 chevelu#27,004 charmer#27,003 conique#27,017

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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