Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

correctrix

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cor-rec-trix
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector.

Example Sentences

"Inside the castle is a rankery, a real one. And rankery is the right word, don’t go thinking the correctrix got it wrong. You know full well that no correctrix has proofed my dad’s book."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin corrēctrīx. By surface analysis, correct + -trix.

Inflected Forms

correctrices (plural)

Synonyms

correctress

Questions

What does correctrix mean?: A woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector.
Where does correctrix come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin corrēctrīx. By surface analysis, correct + -trix.

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