Which to use
“correction” and “corrections” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,072
- “correction” frequency rank
- #12,942
- “corrections” frequency rank
- 19014
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | correction | corrections |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de corriger, d’ôter les défauts de quelque chose ou résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de correction. |
Same sound, different letters: correction vs corrections
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - correction and corrections
This is the hard kind. correction and corrections are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “correction” sits inside “corrections”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
correction is recorded at frequency rank #6,072, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\. corrections is at rank #12,942, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\.
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 19014, this pair ranks #375,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of correction vs corrections
Shared letters: ceinort. Private to "correction": -. Private to "corrections": s.
"correction" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "corrections" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- correction ← ccorrection · corection · corerction · corrcetion · correcction · correciton · correctino · correctionn
- corrections ← ccorrections · corections · corerctions · corrcetions · correcctions · correcitons · correctinos · correctionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "correction" and "corrections" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "correction" or "corrections" show up more?
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 "correction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "corrections" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "correction" and "corrections" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "corrections vs corrélations". 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 #375,462 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.