correctionnel

\kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ.nɛl\

/\kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ.nɛl\/ adj

The verdict

“correctionnel” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,395
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à la correction des actes qualifiés de délits par la loi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-correctionnel · correctionnel · French

correctionnel · rank #17,395 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,395
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cop

Nearest frequency peer: cop (-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 « correctionnel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « correctionnel » 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).

correctionnel vs correctionnels
93% similar
correctionnel vs correctionnelle
87% similar

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

Key facts for correctionnel
PropertyValue
Headwordcorrectionnel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ.nɛl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#17,395
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « correctionnel »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cop » (#17,394), « correspondait » (#17,396), « cortex » (#17,397). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « correctionnel » est au #17,395. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around correctionnel (IPA \kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ.nɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,395 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a rapport à la correction des actes qualifiés de délits par la loi.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for correctionnel, with forms such as "ccorrectionnel", "corectionnel", and "corerctionnel". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "correctionnels", "correctionnelle", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is correctionnel, spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport à la correction des actes qualifiés de délits par la loi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Peine correctionnelle. - Délit correctionnel. - Tribunal de police correctionnelle. - Juridiction correctionnelle.
  2. Il avait débuté par des portraits de financiers, un ramassis d’ignobles commérages, sans contrôle, sans preuves, qui auraient dû le conduire en police correctionnelle, et qui, réunis en volume, ont eu l’étourdissant succès que vous savez.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorrectionnel
  • corectionnel
  • corerctionnel
  • corrcetionnel
  • correcctionnel
  • correcitonnel
  • correctinonel
  • correctionel
  • correctionenl
  • correctionnell
  • correctionnle
  • correctoinnel
  • correcttionnel
  • corretcionnel
  • crorectionnel
  • ocrrectionnel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of correctionnel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccorrectionnel1corectionnel1corerctionnel2corrcetionnel2correcctionnel1correcitonnel2correctinonel2correctionel1
Edit distance from "correctionnel"

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 "correctionnel"?
"correctionnel" is spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ.nɛl\.
What does "correctionnel" mean?
As an adjective, "correctionnel" means: Qui a rapport à la correction des actes qualifiés de délits par la loi.
What words are commonly confused with "correctionnel"?
"correctionnel" is commonly confused with "correctionnels", "correctionnelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "correctionnel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "correctionnel" is \kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ.nɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "correctionnel" come from?
"correctionnel" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list