Antidote 12 French Module

Get the French Module and Transform your Antidote Experience

The French Module is a separate downloadable product that integrates with Antidote 12. You will enjoy a tool that is equally rich and effective in both French and English. The same three-button toolbar gives you seamless access to resources in both languages.

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All the Tools You Need to Improve Your Writing in French

The corrector can alternate between each language, even in the same document if necessary. It also provides suggestions for reformulating your writing. In the dictionaries and guides, you can switch smoothly from one language to the other, with all the power of their multiple search engines. What’s more, every word, expression, proverb and word combination is translated from one language to the other, for a total of more than 2.7 million translations.

An Unprecedented French-English Dictionary

Translations of every word, expression and proverb

The definitions dictionary displays more than 925,000 translations of the various meanings of every word, expression and proverb. More than 3200 new words and expressions such as gogotte, grignette and mafaldine have been added to Antidote 12 in French, as well as 19,000 synonyms and 42,000 word combinations.

Translations of word combinations

1.9 million word combinations have been translated from French to English and from English to French.

Pronunciations in two accents

Exclusive to the subscription: Pronunciation of all words, inflections, expressions, conjugations and rhymes with a Montréal or Paris accent.

Features

French Corrector

  • Nearly 14,000 targeted corrections: tel, tout, quelque, leur, demi, etc.
  • Confused words: à/a, ou/où, é/er/ez, quelle/qu’elle, etc.
  • Meaning errors: tâche de graisse, écouter la voie, etc.
  • Reformulation mode with smart suggestions for rewording  With Antidote+
  • Equalize view for gender-inclusive reformulation suggestions  With Antidote+
  • Abrasive tone detection
  • Ability to correct an entire text all at once
  • Direct correction in the original document
  • Language, typography and style correction
  • Batch correction of identical cases
  • One-click correction of all typographical errors
  • Multi-document correction automatically handles all plain text, HTML, Markdown and LaTeX files in a folder
  • Prominent error display
  • Clear, multi-level explanations
  • Context-sensitive links to the guides
  • Context-sensitive access to the dictionaries
  • List of results for a full overview of corrections
  • Smart filters: near future tense, repeat sentences and introductory expressions, etc.
  • Revision filters: logic, semantics, pragmatics
  • Customizable statistics filters: words, sentences, frequency, etc.
  • Inspection filters: verbs, complements, past participles, etc.
  • Style: repetition, nested phrases, awkward phrasing, etc.
  • Typography of spacing, numbers and addresses
  • Punctuation: missing or surplus commas, etc.
  • Anglicisms and regional expressions
  • Detailed sentence analysis
  • Traditional and rectified spellings
  • Foreign language detection
  • Multiple personal dictionaries
  • Custom rules (alerts and corrections)
  • Nearly 200 settings: language, typography, interface
  • Custom setting presets
  • Entirely printable content

French Dictionaries

  • 169,000 words, including 16,500 proper nouns
  • 36,500 expressions with detailed entries
  • 925,000 translations of words, expressions and proverbs
  • 1,100,000 synonyms, hyponyms and hypernyms
  • 100,000 antonyms
  • 1,000,000 combinations with real-life examples
  • 1.9 million translations of word combinations in both languages
  • 9500 verbs conjugated in simple and compound tenses
  • Semantic fields of 96,000 entries, with interactive word clouds
  • Rhymes, including for multi-word expressions
  • Etymology for 140,000 words and expressions
  • Etymological notes for 110 enigmatic expressions
  • 19,000 families
  • Audio pronunciation of all words, inflections, expressions, conjugations and rhymes with a Montréal or Paris accent  With Antidote+
  • 350,000 quotations
  • Proverbs
  • Plural and feminine forms of each word
  • Relative frequency of each word
  • Homonyms and near-homophones
  • 2400 constructions to avoid
  • Regional expressions and usage labels
  • Search with variables
  • Search as you type
  • Search by rhyme, sorted by number of rhyming phonemes
  • Search by anagram, with wildcard letters
  • Multi-word search, for finding links between words
  • Advanced search by criteria
  • Rare words, recent additions to the dictionaries, cities, countries, people and expressions to discover
  • Integrated access to Wikipedia
  • Smart links to Termium and web search engines
  • Option to add links to other web resources
  • Context-based links to the guides
  • Easy addition of new words
  • Favourite words list
  • Integrated web links
  • Parental control settings
  • Adjustable font size
  • Entirely printable content

French Guides

  • Spelling
  • Lexicon
  • Grammar
  • Syntax
  • Punctuation
  • Style
  • Business Writing
  • Typography
  • History of the French language
  • Language Matters
  • 944 clear and concise articles
  • Usage tips and examples
  • Quick lookup by subject
  • Text search within articles
  • Context-based links from the corrector and dictionaries
  • Integrated web links
  • Entirely printable content

Bilingual Guides

  • English and French and its counterpart Français et anglais
  • 56 articles exploring the differences between the two languages

French Customizations

  • Ability to add words to personal dictionaries
  • Added words appear in the dictionaries’ search results
  • Ability to add words in both languages at once
  • Ability to create custom rules for corrections and alerts with multiple triggers, correct/incorrect usage examples and reference URLs
  • Ability to combine custom rules in lists
  • Ability to share personal dictionaries and custom rules
  • Ability to create custom presets
  • Synchronization of customizations  With Antidote+
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