Which to use
“correctes” and “corrects” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,607
- “correctes” frequency rank
- #24,926
- “corrects” frequency rank
- 50533
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | correctes | corrects |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de correct. | Masculin pluriel de correct. |
Same sound, different letters: correctes vs corrects
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: correctes vs corrects
This is the hard kind. correctes 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
correctes is recorded at frequency rank #25,607, 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 50533, this pair ranks #161,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of correctes vs corrects
Shared letters: ceorst. Private to "correctes": -. Private to "corrects": -.
"correctes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "corrects" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "correctes" and "corrects" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "correctes" vs "corrects" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "correctes" 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 #161,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "correctes" and "corrects" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "correctes vs correctif". 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 #161,923 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.