Which to use
“colla” and “collée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,989
- “colla” frequency rank
- #21,886
- “collée” frequency rank
- 70875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | colla | collée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de coller. | Participe passé féminin singulier de coller. |
Where the eye mixes colla and collée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. colla runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against collée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses colla with collée
A purely visual mix-up. colla (\kɔ.la\) and collée (\kɔ.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
colla is recorded at frequency rank #48,989, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.la\. collée is at rank #21,886, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 70875, this pair ranks #49,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of colla vs collée
Shared letters: clo. Private to "colla": a. Private to "collée": eé.
"colla" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "collée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- colla ← ccolla · clola · colal · oclla
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "colla" for "collée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "colla" or "collée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "colla" and "collée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "colla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "collée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "colla" and "collée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colla vs coupa". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #49,648 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.