correspondre

\kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ\

/\kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“correspondre” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,023
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être en rapport de symétrie et d’harmonie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-correspondre · correspondre · French

correspondre · rank #11,023 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,023
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH continuation

Nearest frequency peer: continuation (-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 « correspondre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « correspondre » 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).

correspondre vs correspond
83% similar
correspondre vs corresponde
92% similar

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

Key facts for correspondre
PropertyValue
Headwordcorrespondre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,023
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « correspondre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).correspondrese 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 « continuation » (#11,022), « courtois » (#11,024), « congrégation » (#11,021). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « correspondre » est au #11,023. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around correspondre (IPA \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,023 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for correspondre, with forms such as "ccorrespondre", "corerspondre", and "corespondre". 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, "correspond", "corresponde", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 correspondre, spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être en rapport de symétrie et d’harmonie.
  2. 2
    Être en rapport de symétrie et d’harmonie.
  3. 3
    Communiquer, échanger des messages.
  4. 4
    Communiquer, échanger des messages.
  5. 5
    Communiquer, échanger des messages.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Enfin il revint à son point de départ et examina une dernière fois si tout correspondait bien : la traînée d'herbes sèches à la traînée de poudre, et la traînée de poudre du sol avec la poudre contenue dans les anfractuosités du mur.
  2. Ces symptômes correspondent sans doute à des lésions du myocarde ou du péricarde qui ont été constatées en effet quelquefois.

This word in other languages

correspond(English)corresponder(Español)entsprechen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorrespondre
  • corerspondre
  • corespondre
  • correpsondre
  • corresopndre
  • correspnodre
  • correspodnre
  • corresponddre
  • corresponder
  • correspondrre
  • corresponndre
  • corresponrde
  • corresppondre
  • corresspondre
  • corrsepondre
  • crorespondre
  • ocrrespondre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of correspondre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccorrespondre1corerspondre2corespondre1correpsondre2corresopndre2correspnodre2correspodnre2corresponddre1
Edit distance from "correspondre"

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 "correspondre"?
"correspondre" is spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ\.
What does "correspondre" mean?
As a verb, "correspondre" means: Être en rapport de symétrie et d’harmonie.
What words are commonly confused with "correspondre"?
"correspondre" is commonly confused with "correspond", "corresponde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "correspondre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "correspondre" is \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "correspondre" come from?
"correspondre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

continuation#11,022congrégation#11,021descriptions#11,030circonstance#11,014

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

combustible17 variantsthématiques17 variantsphilosophes17 variantsPlayStation17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list