Which to use
“collées” and “coller” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,176
- “collées” frequency rank
- #6,381
- “coller” frequency rank
- 39557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | collées | coller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de coller. | Joindre et faire tenir deux choses ensemble avec de la colle. |
Same sound, different letters: collées vs coller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - collées / coller
This is the hard kind. collées and coller are pronounced identically (\kɔ.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
collées is recorded at frequency rank #33,176, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.le\. coller is at rank #6,381, 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 39557, this pair ranks #247,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of collées vs coller
Shared letters: celo. Private to "collées": sé. Private to "coller": r.
"collées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "coller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- coller ← ccoller · cloler · colelr · coler · collerr · collre · ocller
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "collées" and "coller" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "collées" vs "coller" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"collées" and "coller" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "collées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "collées" and "coller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "collées vs collez". 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 #247,084 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.