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correspondance

French, noun/kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃s/

correspondance is spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D-A-N-C-E (14 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,230th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Correspondance is a French feminine noun meaning “correspondence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relation de conformité”.

What does correspondance mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecorrespondence

  2. 2

    femininematch

  3. 3

    feminineconnection, transfer

  4. 4

    femininetransfer (ticket intended to allow a passenger to transfer between lines or modes)

    Si vous allez continuer votre trajet par autobus, n'oubliez pas de prendre une correspondance à la station de métro de départ.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Relation de conformité. 2. Relation que des personnes éloignées l’une de l’autre ont par commerce de lettres. 3. Sorte de chronique de ce qui se passe dans les pays étrangers adressée aux journaux sous forme de lettres. 4. Il désigne aussi, dans des publications périodiques, une rubrique où l’on insère des lettres, des communications de collaborateurs occasionnels.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of correspondance

  • correspondances plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce correspondance?

  • /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃s/
  • \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃s\
  • [kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to correspondance

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is correspondance in French?

correspondance appears 14 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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