Which to use
“correct” and “corrects” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,647
- “correct” frequency rank
- #24,926
- “corrects” frequency rank
- 30573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | correct | corrects |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Où il n’y a pas de fautes. Il se dit surtout du style, de l’expression et du langage. | Masculin pluriel de correct. |
Same sound, different letters: correct vs corrects
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: correct vs corrects
This is the hard kind. correct and corrects are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ʁɛkt\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “correct” sits inside “corrects”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
correct is recorded at frequency rank #5,647, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ʁɛkt\. corrects is at rank #24,926, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ʁɛkt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30573, this pair ranks #309,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of correct vs corrects
Shared letters: ceort. Private to "correct": -. Private to "corrects": s.
"correct" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "corrects" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "correct" for "corrects" ever safe?
Frequency check: "correct" vs "corrects" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "correct" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "corrects" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "correct" and "corrects" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "correctif vs corrects". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #309,393 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.