# correct

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəˈɹɛkt/ · frequency rank #1,689

## Definitions
1. Free from error; true; accurate.
2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **corset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correct-vs-corset)
- **current** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correct-vs-current)
- **corrupt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correct-vs-corrupt)
- **correctly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correct-vs-correctly)
- **corrected** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correct-vs-corrected)
- **Correa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correa-vs-correct)
- **cornet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cornet-vs-correct)
- **connect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connect-vs-correct)
- **collect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collect-vs-correct)
- **Corbett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corbett-vs-correct)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccorrect`, `corect`, `corerct`, `corrcet`, `correcct`, `correctt`, `corretc`, `crorect`, `ocrrect`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/correct