corrigendum
/ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈd͡ʒɛn.dəm/noun
corrigendum is spelled C-O-R-R-I-G-E-N-D-U-M: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, corrigendum means “An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of corrigendum is corrigenda.
How many letters and syllables are in corrigendum?
| Letters | 11: C-O-R-R-I-G-E-N-D-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is corrigendum?
Corrigendum appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 corrigendum?
- UK /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈdʒɛn.dəm/
- UK /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈɡɛn.dəm/
- US /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈd͡ʒɛn.dəm/
Corrigendum has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-corrigendum.ogg, En-us-corrigendum-2.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with corrigendum?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as corrigendum from its last stressed vowel (/ɛndəm/):
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 corrigendum
- corrigenda plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corrigendum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
- 2
A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. (The items thus listed will sometimes be corrected in subsequent print runs, if any occur; they are then called reprint corrections.)
errata and corrigenda
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corrigendum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense error that is to be corrected in a printed work:
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 corrigendum come from?
From Latin corrigendum, nominative neuter singular of corrigendus, the future passive participle (gerundive) of corrigō (“to correct”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).