correction
\kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“correction” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,072 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,072
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de corriger, d’ôter les défauts de quelque chose ou résultat de cette action.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | correction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “correction” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for correction is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,072 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for correction, with forms such as "ccorrection", "corection", and "corerction". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "corruption", "corrélation", "corrections", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is correction, spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de corriger, d’ôter les défauts de quelque chose ou résultat de cette action.
- 2Changements qu’on fait dans les ouvrages de l’esprit pour les améliorer.
- 3Action de corriger les travaux des élèves et étudiants et d'en noter la valeur.
- 4Action de corriger les épreuves, d’indiquer les fautes de composition, afin que l’ouvrier les fasse disparaître.
- 5Action du compositeur qui exécute les changements indiqués sur l’épreuve par le correcteur ou par l’auteur.
- 6Opération où l’on fait usage d’un correctif pour tempérer la force de certaines substances.
- 7Qualité de ce qui est correct.
- 8Exactitude dans la représentation des contours et des détails anatomiques de la figure, d’après un modèle bien conformé, abstraction faite du coloris.
- 9Châtiment, peine.
- 10Opération qui modifie une information portée sur un document cartographique pour l'actualiser en fonction de nouvelles données. Nota : ne pas confondre avec correction (de rédaction).
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccorrection,corection,corerction,corrcetion,correcction,correciton,correctino,correctionn,correctoin,correcttion,corretcion,crorection,ocrrection
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of correction - 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.
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.
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Using “correction”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “corruption” - see the side-by-side comparison. correction vs corruption
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.