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Colleage or colleague?

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

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colleage

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Correct spelling: colleague. Misspelling: colleage.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Double L, and it ends like a sports league: col-LEAGUE.

Why people write “colleage”

The misspelling “colleage” is only one letter off: it leaves out the silent U, a letter you barely hear when the word is spoken.

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 colleague automatic.

What does “colleague” mean?

colleague noun

  1. an associate that one works with

    Synonyms:workfellow

  2. a person who is member of one's class or profession

    “the surgeon consulted his colleagues”

    Synonyms:confrerefellow

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Colleague” in a sentence

  • I'll ask my colleague for help.
  • The surgeon consulted his colleagues.

Is “colleague” a playable word?

c 3o 1l 1l 1e 1a 1g 2u 1e 1

12 points in Scrabble · 17 in Words With Friends

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

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

Colleague: quick answers

Is it colleage or colleague?
The correct spelling is colleague. “colleage” 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 colleague?
Double L, and it ends like a sports league: col-LEAGUE.
What does colleague mean?
Colleague means: an associate that one works with.