corréler

\kɔ.ʁe.le\

/\kɔ.ʁe.le\/ verb

The verdict

“corréler” is uncommon French (frequency #86,575 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,575
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en corrélation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-correler · corréler · French

corréler · rank #86,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,575
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Coromandel

Nearest frequency peer: Coromandel (-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 « corréler »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « corréler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for corréler
PropertyValue
Headwordcorréler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.ʁe.le\
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,575
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « corréler » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).corrélertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Coromandel » (#86,574), « corsée » (#86,576), « corollaires » (#86,573). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corréler » est au #86,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corréler is uncommon French at frequency #86,575 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ.ʁe.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

corréler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is corréler, spelled C-O-R-R-É-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en corrélation.
  2. 2
    Être en corrélation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La méthode utilisée par les scientifiques dans les années 1970 a été de corréler les variations océaniques avec celles de l'insolation.
  2. Comme les précédents auteurs, nous n’avons pas résisté à la tentation de corréler les stades mis en évidence dans la vallée de l’Arve avec ceux de l’échelle des Alpes orientales.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corréler"?
"corréler" is spelled C-O-R-R-É-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁe.le\.
What does "corréler" mean?
As a verb, "corréler" means: Mettre en corrélation.
How do you pronounce "corréler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corréler" is \kɔ.ʁe.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list