rectification
French, noun/ʁɛk.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
rectification is spelled R-E-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rectification is a French feminine noun meaning “rectification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rectifier, de corriger ce qui est fautif”.
What does rectification mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerectification
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rectifier, de corriger ce qui est fautif. 2. Opération par laquelle un liquide distillé est rendu plus pur au moyen d’une ou de plusieurs nouvelles distillations. 3. Action de rendre droit. 4. Calcul de la longueur d’un arc de courbe. Chercher la rectification du cercle c'est chercher à construire un segment de droite qui a même longueur que le périmètre du cercle.
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 rectification
- rectifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rectification?
- /ʁɛk.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ʁɛk.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rectification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rectification in French?
rectification appears 2.1 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).