# correction

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəˈɹɛkʃən/ · frequency rank #7,667

## Definitions
1. The act of correcting.
2. A substitution for an error or mistake.
3. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
4. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
5. A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
6. a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted

## Etymology
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.

## Easily confused with
- **corruption** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correction-vs-corruption)
- **corrective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correction-vs-corrective)
- **correlation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correction-vs-correlation)
- **corrections** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correction-vs-corrections)
- **correctional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correction-vs-correctional)
- **collection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collection-vs-correction)
- **connection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connection-vs-correction)
- **correcting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/correcting-vs-correction)
- **convection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convection-vs-correction)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ccorrection`, `corection`, `corerction`, `corrcetion`, `correcction`, `correciton`, `correcsion`, `correctino`, `correctionn`, `correctoin`, `correcttion`, `corretcion`, `crorection`, `ocrrection`

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