correspond
cor·res·pond/ˌkoɹəˈspɑnd/verb
correspond is spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D, 3 syllables: cor·res·pond. The wrong spelling people search most is corrispond: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 41 of all searches for the word. Correspond is a verb meaning “To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc”.
How many letters and syllables are in correspond?
| Letters | 10: C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cor·res·pond |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, corrispond, about 20 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 correspond?
Correspond is spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 42 of the searches for correspond 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 correspond?
Correspond appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 correspond?
- UK /ˌkɒɹɪˈspɒnd/
- UK /ˌkɒɹəˈspɒnd/
- US /ˌkoɹəˈspɑnd/
Correspond has 3 syllables, split cor·res·pond in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-correspond.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Simplificationalizer-correspond.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with correspond?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as correspond from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnd/):
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 correspond
- corresponds present, singular, he/she/it
- corresponding participle, present
- corresponded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does correspond mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
Coordinate term: equate
- 2
To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.
I've been corresponding with my German pen pal for three years.
- 3
obsoleteTo have sex with.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Correspond in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | correspondre (...à qqchose) , correspondre (...avec qqun) |
| German | entsprechen, korrespondieren |
| Portuguese | corresponder |
| Spanish | corresponder, equivaler , escribir con, corresponderse, cartearse |
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 correspond come from?
From Middle French correspondre, from Latin com- (“with”) + respondeo (“to match, to answer to”), equivalent to co- + respond.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).