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Collaberate or collaborate?

Did you mean collaborate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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Correct spelling: collaborate. Misspelling: collaberate.

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Memory tip

Col + labor + ate: double L, and the "labor" in the middle means work.

Why people write “collaberate”

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".

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.

What does “collaborate” mean?

collaborate verb

  1. work together on a common enterprise of project

    “The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well”

    Synonyms:cooperate

  2. 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?

c 3o 1l 1l 1a 1b 3o 1r 1a 1t 1e 1

15 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“collaberate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COLLABORATE.

Collaborate: quick answers

Is it collaberate or collaborate?
The correct spelling is collaborate. “collaberate” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell collaborate?
Col + labor + ate: double L, and the "labor" in the middle means work.
What does collaborate mean?
Collaborate means: work together on a common enterprise of project.