colson
\kɔl.sɔn\
The verdict
“colson” is uncommon French (frequency #50,125 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,125
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Collier de matière plastique qui sert à attacher les câbles électriques ensemble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colson · colson · French
colson · rank #50,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,125
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH collectent
Nearest frequency peer: collectent (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « colson »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cofondatrice
cofondatrice
49,879 corpus weight
- collect
collect
49,878 corpus weight
- collectent
collectent
49,877 corpus weight
- colson
colson
49,876 corpus weight
- combattus
combattus
49,875 corpus weight
- commodes
commodes
49,874 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « colson » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colson |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔl.sɔn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « colson » en français
Rare enough to double-check
colson is uncommon French at frequency #50,125 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔl.sɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for colson, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is colson, spelled C-O-L-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Collier de matière plastique qui sert à attacher les câbles électriques ensemble.
- 2Collier en matière plastique utilisé par les forces de l’ordre pour menotter des individus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how colson appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il suffit de placer un colson à côté de chaque rayon à chaque roue, bien serrer, comptez une trentaine de câbles par roue.
L'effroi s'empara de lui. Un homme était étendu sur le sol à guère plus de trois mètres de lui. Mais il était inerte, les mains liées dans le dos par un colson. Et il était nu.
Synonyms
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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.
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