Which to use
“corrigée” is an adjective and “corriger” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,970
- “corrigée” frequency rank
- #5,744
- “corriger” frequency rank
- 26714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | corrigée | corriger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de corrigé. | Rectifier, améliorer conformément à une règle, à des règles. |
Same sound, different letters: corrigée vs corriger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. corrigée (CVCCVCVV) and corriger (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - corrigée and corriger
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: corrigée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
corrigée is recorded at frequency rank #20,970, 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 26714, this pair ranks #333,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of corrigée vs corriger
Shared letters: cegior. Private to "corrigée": é. Private to "corriger": -.
"corrigée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "corriger" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- corriger ← ccorriger · coriger · corirger · corrgier · corriegr · corrigerr · corrigger · corrigre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "corrigée" for "corriger" ever safe?
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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 "corrigée" 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 #333,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "corrigée" and "corriger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "corrigée 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 #333,274 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.