corrigévscorrigéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“corrigé” and “corrigée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,200
“corrigé” frequency rank
#20,970
“corrigée” frequency rank
32170
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature corrigé corrigée
Definition Qui reprend les corrections, les réponses. Féminin singulier de corrigé.

Same sound, different letters: corrigé vs corrigée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. corrigé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against corrigée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
corrigé
8 ch
corrigée

Ear matches; page differs - corrigé and corrigée

This is the hard kind. corrigé and corrigée are pronounced identically (\kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\) 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) - “corrigé” sits inside “corrigée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

corrigé is recorded at frequency rank #11,200, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\. corrigée is at rank #20,970, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\.

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 32170, this pair ranks #299,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of corrigé vs corrigée

Shared letters: cgioré. Private to "corrigé": -. Private to "corrigée": e.

"corrigé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "corrigée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "corrigé" and "corrigée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "corrigé" vs "corrigée" - which ranks higher?
"corrigé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,200 in our French list, against #20,970 for "corrigée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"corrigé" and "corrigée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "corrigé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corrigée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #299,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "corrigé" and "corrigée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "corrigée vs corrigent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #299,035 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list