corriger

\kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\

/\kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“corriger” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,744
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rectifier, améliorer conformément à une règle, à des règles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corriger · corriger · French

corriger · rank #5,744 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,744
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consommateur

Nearest frequency peer: consommateur (-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 « corriger »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « corriger » 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).

corriger vs Courier
63% similar
corriger vs courrier
75% similar
corriger vs corrigé
75% similar

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

Key facts for corriger
PropertyValue
Headwordcorriger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,744
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « corriger »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).corrigerse 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 « consommateur » (#5,743), « courbe » (#5,745), « considérant » (#5,742). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corriger » est au #5,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around corriger (IPA \kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,744 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for corriger, with forms such as "ccorriger", "coriger", and "corirger". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Courier", "courrier", "corrigé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is corriger, spelled C-O-R-R-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rectifier, améliorer conformément à une règle, à des règles.
  2. 2
    Indiquer par des marques les corrections à faire sur une épreuve.
  3. 3
    Réparer.
  4. 4
    Rectifier par l’observation les erreurs provenant de la dérive ou de la variation de la boussole.
  5. 5
    Réprimander, châtier, punir en vue d’améliorer le caractère, les habitudes.
  6. 6
    Tempérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le maquignon de bas étage […] travaille les oreilles, souffle les salières, burine les dents, place une queue postiche, taille les sabots, mastique les seimes, donne un coup de pinceau, refait une jeunesse, farde, corrige, embellit ; […].
  2. Elle n’a qu’un défaut, mais il sera fort difficile de l’en corriger. - Corrigez cette humeur violente. - Corriger les abus.

This word in other languages

correct(English)corregir(Español)korrigieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccorriger
  • coriger
  • corirger
  • corrgier
  • corriegr
  • corrigerr
  • corrigger
  • corrigre
  • croriger
  • ocrriger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corriger - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccorriger1coriger1corirger2corrgier2corriegr2corrigerr1corrigger1corrigre2
Edit distance from "corriger"

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 "corriger"?
"corriger" is spelled C-O-R-R-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\.
What does "corriger" mean?
As a verb, "corriger" means: Rectifier, améliorer conformément à une règle, à des règles.
What words are commonly confused with "corriger"?
"corriger" is commonly confused with "Courier", "courrier", "corrigé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "corriger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corriger" is \kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "corriger" come from?
"corriger" 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 "corriger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

comptent#5,739chouette#5,736démontre#5,752examiner#5,755

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

entente10 variantsfilière10 variantsFranck10 variantsadresser10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list