autocorriger

French

Etymology

From auto- +‎ corriger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/, /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/

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Verb

autocorriger

1. to self-correct

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written autocorrige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of autocorriger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	autocorriger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	autocorrigeant /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		autocorrigé /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	autocorrige /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/	autocorriges /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/	autocorrige /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/	autocorrigeons /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/	autocorrigez /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/	autocorrigent /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/
	imperfect	autocorrigeais /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/	autocorrigeais /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/	autocorrigeait /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/	autocorrigions /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/	autocorrigiez /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/	autocorrigeaient /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	autocorrigeai /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/	autocorrigeas /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/	autocorrigea /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/	autocorrigeâmes /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒam/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒam/	autocorrigeâtes /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒat/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒat/	autocorrigèrent /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛʁ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛʁ/
	future	autocorrigerai /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/	autocorrigeras /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/	autocorrigera /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/	autocorrigerons /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/	autocorrigerez /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/	autocorrigeront /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	autocorrigerais /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/	autocorrigerais /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/	autocorrigerait /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/	autocorrigerions /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	autocorrigeriez /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁje/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁje/	autocorrigeraient /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	autocorrige /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/	autocorriges /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/	autocorrige /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/	autocorrigions /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/	autocorrigiez /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/	autocorrigent /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/
	imperfect2	autocorrigeasse /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/	autocorrigeasses /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/	autocorrigeât /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/	autocorrigeassions /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	autocorrigeassiez /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sje/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sje/	autocorrigeassent /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	autocorrige /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁiʒ/	—	autocorrigeons /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/	autocorrigez /o.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/ or /ɔ.tɔ.kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).