correct

\kɔ.ʁɛkt\

/\kɔ.ʁɛkt\/ adj

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The verdict

“correct” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,647
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Où il n’y a pas de fautes. Il se dit surtout du style, de l’expression et du langage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-correct · correct · French

correct · rank #5,647 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,647
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH craindre

Nearest frequency peer: craindre (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « correct »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « correct » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

correct vs corset
71% similar
correct vs courent
71% similar
correct vs Corrèze
43% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for correct
PropertyValue
Headwordcorrect
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.ʁɛkt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,647
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « correct »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).correctse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « craindre » (#5,648), « considérablement » (#5,645), « cri » (#5,649). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « correct » est au #5,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around correct (IPA \kɔ.ʁɛkt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,647 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for correct, with forms such as "ccorrect", "corect", and "corerct". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "corset", "courent", "Corrèze", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is correct, spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Où il n’y a pas de fautes. Il se dit surtout du style, de l’expression et du langage.
  2. 2
    Qui est conforme aux règles de la morale, aux usages du monde, aux circonstances, aux prescriptions ou aux règles non écrites d'un milieu.
  3. 3
    Quelque chose qui convient, avec laquelle on est d’accord. Quelque chose de vraiment bien, de vraiment bon, voire d’excellent.
  4. 4
    Qualificatif appliqué ironiquement à l’attitude de l’armée d’occupation allemande en France en 1939-1945.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how correct appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Copie correcte, écrire d’une manière correcte.
  2. Cette édition est fort correcte, Cette phrase est correcte, n’est pas correcte

Synonyms

réglo

Antonyms

erronéfauxincorrect

This word in other languages

correct(English)correcto(Español)korrekt(Deutsch)correcto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorrect
  • corect
  • corerct
  • corrcet
  • correcct
  • correctt
  • corretc
  • crorect
  • ocrrect

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of correct - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccorrect1corect1corerct2corrcet2correcct1correctt1corretc2crorect2
Edit distance from "correct"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "correct"?
"correct" is spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁɛkt\.
What does "correct" mean?
As an adjective, "correct" means: Où il n’y a pas de fautes. Il se dit surtout du style, de l’expression et du langage.
What words are commonly confused with "correct"?
"correct" is commonly confused with "corset", "courent", "Corrèze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "correct"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "correct" is \kɔ.ʁɛkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "correct" come from?
"correct" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "correct", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

envoyés#5,656fichier#5,660antique#5,630matches#5,674

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fermes9 variantsboston9 variantsgamins9 variantslourds9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list