Japanese iPhone French language auto-correct

Hi,
I use an iPhone5 in Japan and I am very happy to be able to use a French keyboard (me being French and all...) but it seems there is no proper dictionary behind the auto-correct so that almost every word appears as misspelled.
Is it possible to download a French dictionary of some sort?

No, there is nothing a user can add to the autocorrect feature of an iOS device. You may be able to train the way it works by rejecting its suggestions or using the keyboard shortcut feature.
There is a French reference dictionary for finding definitions of words, but it doesn't relate to the autocorrect.

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