Is « correction » masculine or feminine?
« correction » is feminine. You say la correction.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la correction |
| With the indefinite article | une correction |
| With the partitive article | de la correction |
Plural
The plural is corrections (les corrections). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
correction ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so correction follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Merci pour la correction.
Thanks for the correction. -
Je suppose que vous travaillez à la correction des erreurs.
I assume you're working on correcting the mistakes. -
Votre correction a été supprimée.
Your correction was removed.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « correction » masculine or feminine?
« correction » is feminine. You say la correction.
Is it « le correction » or « la correction »?
It is « la correction ». « le correction » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.