Which to use
“correcte” and “corrects” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,977
- “correcte” frequency rank
- #24,926
- “corrects” frequency rank
- 34903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | correcte | corrects |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de correct. | Masculin pluriel de correct. |
Same sound, different letters: correcte vs corrects
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - correcte and corrects
This is the hard kind. correcte 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 a single letter - e in “correcte” becomes s in “corrects”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
correcte is recorded at frequency rank #9,977, 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 34903, this pair ranks #280,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of correcte vs corrects
Shared letters: ceort. Private to "correcte": -. Private to "corrects": s.
"correcte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "corrects" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "correcte" and "corrects" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "correcte" 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 "correcte" 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 #280,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "correcte" 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 #280,573 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.