Colaborate or collaborate?
Did you mean collaborate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: collaborate. Misspelling: colaborate.
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Memory tip
Col + labor + ate: double L, and the "labor" in the middle means work.
Why people write “colaborate”
The misspelling “colaborate” is only one letter off: it uses a single L where collaborate has a double LL.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make collaborate automatic.
Other misspellings of “collaborate”
People also write “collaberate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“collaberate”
Correct spelling: collaborate. Misspelling: collaberate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “collaberate” is only one letter off: it writes E where collaborate has O, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “collaborate” mean?
collaborate verb
- work together on a common enterprise of project
“The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well”
Synonyms:cooperate
- cooperate as a traitor
“he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Collaborate” in a sentence
- The two artists decided to collaborate.
- The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well.
- He collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris.
Is “collaborate” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“colaborate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COLLABORATE.