How to say "correction" in Japanese

• 補正ほせいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCorrection as compensation: adjusting a value, reading, or mechanism to offset an error or deviation, as one compensates a pendulum. Suited to technical or numerical adjustment rather than revising writing.
• 修正しゅうせいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe general-purpose choice: amending or modifying something wrong or imperfect to put it right. Use it when you simply mean 'correct' or 'fix,' without a narrower nuance like compensation or remedying a defect.
  失礼しつれいですが御ご提案ていあんを修正しゅうせいさせていただきます。↗

  I beg to modify your proposal.
• 矯正きょうせいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCorrection of a fault, defect, or flaw: remedying or setting right something inherently wrong, closer to 'remedy' or 'rectification' than to revising words or figures.
  眼鏡めがねをかければ君きみの視力しりょくは矯正きょうせいされるだろう。↗

  Wearing glasses should correct your vision.
• 直しなおしCommon
  nounA native noun, the noun form of 直す 'to fix'; it names the act of putting something right, with a lighter, more hands-on feel than the Sino-Japanese terms.
• 訂正ていせいJLPT N1approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveCorrection of errors in text or statements: fixing a mistake after it has been set down, rather than adjusting values or remedying defects.
  間違まちがっていれば私のつづりを訂正ていせいしてください。↗

  Correct my spelling if it's wrong.

Use 修正 for general fixing or amending, 訂正 for correcting errors in text or statements, 補正 for technical compensation of values or readings, 矯正 for remedying faults or defects, and 「直し」 as the plain native word for fixing.

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• 補正ほせいcorrection
• 修正しゅうせいamendment
• 矯正きょうせいcorrection (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.)
• 直しなおしcorrection
• 訂正ていせいcorrection
• 是正ぜせいcorrection
• 添削てんさくcorrection
• 更正こうせいcorrection
• 規正きせいcorrection
• 加筆かひつimprovement (to a piece of writing or painting)
• 手直してなおしadjustment
• 匡正きょうせいcorrection (of a fault, mistake, flaw, etc.)
• 修訂しゅうていcorrection
• 斧正ふせいcorrection
• 叱正しっせいpointing out errors
• 補筆ほひつretouch
• 更訂こうていrevision (of text)
• 正誤せいごcorrection (of errors)