controlled
/kənˈtɹoʊld/adjective, verb
controlled is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-E-D. The wrong spelling people search most is controled: about 120 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Controlled is an adjective meaning “Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions”.
How many letters and syllables are in controlled?
| Letters | 10: C-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 39 times per million words; the 2,523rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, controled, about 120 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell controlled?
Controlled is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is controlled?
Controlled appears 39 times per million words in written English, the 2,523rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce controlled?
- UK /kənˈtɹəʊld/
- US /kənˈtɹoʊld/
Controlled has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-controlled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with controlled?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as controlled from its last stressed vowel (/oʊld/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of controlled
- more controlled comparative
- most controlled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does controlled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
- 2
Subjected to regulation or direction.
- 3
Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)
A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).
- 4
Under the control of the specified entity.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of control
- 2
simple past and past participle of controll
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Controlled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | contrôlé |
| German | kontrolliert , beherrscht |
| Portuguese | controlado |
| Spanish | controlado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.