correctrice
\kɔ.ʁɛk.tʁis\
The verdict
“correctrice” is uncommon French (frequency #87,495 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,495
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celle qui corrige les fautes dans un devoir d’élève, dans les épreuves écrites d’un examen, d’un concours.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | correctrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁɛk.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “correctrice” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
correctrice is uncommon French at frequency #87,495 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʁɛk.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
correctrice has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is correctrice, spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui corrige les fautes dans un devoir d’élève, dans les épreuves écrites d’un examen, d’un concours.
- 2Celle qui corrige les épreuves avant impression.
- 3Supérieure d’un couvent de religieuses minimes, et celle du tiers ordre de François de Paule.
This word in other languages
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 “correctrice”
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-R-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.ʁɛk.tʁis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.