Which to use
“corrigé” is an adjective and “corriger” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,200
- “corrigé” frequency rank
- #5,744
- “corriger” frequency rank
- 16944
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | corrigé | corriger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui reprend les corrections, les réponses. | Rectifier, améliorer conformément à une règle, à des règles. |
Same sound, different letters: corrigé vs corriger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. corrigé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against corriger's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - corrigé and corriger
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: corrigé and corriger carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.ʁi.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16944, 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\. corriger is at rank #5,744, tagged as averb, 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 16944, this pair ranks #385,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of corrigé vs corriger
Shared letters: cgior. Private to "corrigé": é. Private to "corriger": e.
"corrigé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "corriger" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- corriger ← ccorriger · coriger · corirger · corrgier · corriegr · corrigerr · corrigger · corrigre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "corrigé" and "corriger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "corrigé" or "corriger" show up more?
What to do next
"corrigé" and "corriger" 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 "corriger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "corrigé" and "corriger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "corrigé vs corrigent". 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 #385,524 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.