correspond

\kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃\

/\kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“correspond” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,270
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de correspondre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-correspond · correspond · French

correspond · rank #2,270 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,270
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conversation

Nearest frequency peer: conversation (-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 « correspond »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « correspond » 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).

correspond vs corresponde
91% similar
correspond vs correspondre
83% similar

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

Key facts for correspond
PropertyValue
Headwordcorrespond
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,270
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « correspond »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.correspondse 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 « conversation » (#2,269), « coucher » (#2,271), « considère » (#2,268). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « correspond » est au #2,270. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around correspond (IPA \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,270 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de correspondre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for correspond, with forms such as "ccorrespond", "corerspond", and "corespond". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "corresponde", "correspondre", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is correspond, spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de correspondre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au-delà de ce domaine de tension, le nombre d’impulsions recommence à croître, mais cela correspond à des impulsions parasites dont nous étudierons la cause dans le paragraphe suivant, consacré au compteur de Geiger.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorrespond
  • corerspond
  • corespond
  • correpsond
  • corresopnd
  • correspnod
  • correspodn
  • correspondd
  • corresponnd
  • corresppond
  • corresspond
  • corrsepond
  • crorespond
  • ocrrespond

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of correspond - 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.

ccorrespond1corerspond2corespond1correpsond2corresopnd2correspnod2correspodn2correspondd1
Edit distance from "correspond"

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 "correspond"?
"correspond" is spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃\.
What does "correspond" mean?
As a verb, "correspond" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de correspondre.
What words are commonly confused with "correspond"?
"correspond" is commonly confused with "corresponde", "correspondre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "correspond"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "correspond" is \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "correspond" come from?
"correspond" 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 "correspond", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entraîneur#2,276initiative#2,229fonctionne#2,225engagement#2,222

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

considère14 variantsrespecter14 variantsremplacer14 variantsobjectifs14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list