correct
cor·rect/kəˈɹɛkt/adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, verb
correct is spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T, 2 syllables: cor·rect. The wrong spelling people search most is corect: about 1,150 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Correct is an adjective meaning “Free from error; true; accurate”.
How many letters and syllables are in correct?
| Letters | 7: C-O-R-R-E-C-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cor·rect |
| In writing | 62 times per million words; the 1,696th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, corect, about 1,150 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell correct?
Correct is spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for correct in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is correct?
Correct appears 62 times per million words in written English, the 1,696th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce correct?
- US /kəˈɹɛkt/
- Australia /kəˈɹekt/
- /kəˈɾɛkt/
Correct has 2 syllables, split cor·rect in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-correct.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with correct?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as correct from its last stressed vowel (/ɛkt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of correct
- more correct comparative
- most correct superlative
- corrects plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- correcting participle, present
- corrected participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does correct mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Free from error; true; accurate.
Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10
- 2
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
adverb
- 1
Correctly.
Hope I spelt your name correct.
interjection
- 1
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
noun
- 1
A correct response.
verb
- 1
To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.
- 2
To grade (examination papers).
The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.
- 3
To inform (someone) of their error.
It's rude to correct your parents.
- 4
To discipline; to punish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate correct?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of correct: corr..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Correct in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | correct , corriger |
| German | korrekt, richtig, einwandfrei , ausbessern , ordnungsgemäß, zutreffend |
| Portuguese | correto, certo , corrigir , comportado, educado |
| Spanish | correcto , corregir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does correct come from?
Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from con- (“together”) + combining form of regō, regere (“I rule, make straight”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).