correcteur
French, noun/kɔ.ʁɛk.tœʁ/
correcteur is spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T-E-U-R (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Correcteur is a French masculine noun meaning “a corrector, notably a proofreader” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui corrige les erreurs dans un texte”.
What does correcteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea corrector, notably a proofreader
adjective
- 1
corrective
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui corrige les erreurs dans un texte. 2. Celui qui corrige les épreuves avant impression. 3. Produit de beauté qui cache les imperfections. 4. Logiciel de correction automatique de l’orthographe, de la grammaire des textes.
adjective: 1. Qui corrige.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of correcteur
- correcteurs plural
- correctrice feminine
- correctrices feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce correcteur?
- /kɔ.ʁɛk.tœʁ/
- \kɔ.ʁɛk.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to correcteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is correcteur in French?
correcteur appears 2.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).