correctrice
\kɔ.ʁɛk.tʁis\
The verdict
“correctrice” is uncommon French (frequency #87,495 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,495
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui corrige les fautes dans un devoir d’élève, dans les épreuves écrites d’un examen, d’un concours.
Corpus desk
Index FR-correctrice · correctrice · French
correctrice · rank #87,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,495
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH copernicienne
Nearest frequency peer: copernicienne (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « correctrice »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- consolez
consolez
12,510 corpus weight
- contestaient
contestaient
12,509 corpus weight
- contiendrai…
contiendraient
12,508 corpus weight
- copernicien…
copernicienne
12,507 corpus weight
- correctrice
correctrice
12,506 corpus weight
- cotisant
cotisant
12,503 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « correctrice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « correctrice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
correctrice is uncommon French at frequency #87,495 among 8,609 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how correctrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle a été désignée comme correctrice au concours de l’école centrale.
À cet examen les correctrices se sont montrées fort sévères.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).