Collatoral or collateral?
Did you mean collateral? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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collatoral
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collateral
Correct spelling: collateral. Misspelling: collatoral.
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Memory tip
Col + lateral (side): double L, and "lateral" spelled as usual.
Why people write “collatoral”
The misspelling “collatoral” is only one letter off: it writes O where collateral has E, 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 collateral automatic.
What does “collateral” mean?
collateral noun
- a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
collateral adjective
- descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
“cousins are collateral relatives”
Synonyms:indirect
- serving to support or corroborate
“collateral evidence”
Synonyms:confirmativeconfirmingconfirmatorycorroborativecorroboratory
- additional but secondary; auxiliary
- situated or running side by side
“collateral ridges of mountains”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Collateral” in a sentence
- He used his house as collateral for the loan.
- Cousins are collateral relatives.
- Collateral evidence.
- Collateral ridges of mountains.
Is “collateral” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“collatoral” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COLLATERAL.