control

/[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾol]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#509

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

control is aSpanishnoun. It means: El acto o el poder de dominar, dirigir, regular, comandar, controlar. Pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾol]. It ranks #509 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with controle and controlo.

Key facts for control
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrol
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾol]
Letters7
Frequency rank#509
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of control in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for control is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾol]. Corpus data places it at rank #509 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for control, with forms such as "ccontrol", "cnotrol", and "conntrol". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "controle", "controlo", "controlar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is control, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    El acto o el poder de dominar, dirigir, regular, comandar, controlar.
  2. 2
    La situación de estar bajo el dominio, dirección, regulación o comando, de algo o de alguien.
  3. 3
    Mecanismo legal o institucional de regulación o restricción.
  4. 4
    Estandar de comparación en la experimentación científico.
  5. 5
    Dispositivo o persona que controla.
  6. 6
    Prevención del desarrollo, expansión o crecimiento de algo indeseado.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontrol,cnotrol,conntrol,conrtol,contorl,contrlo,controll,contrrol,conttrol,cotnrol,ocntrol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for control

Misspelling Variants of "control"

ccontrol8cnotrol7conntrol8conrtol7contorl7contrlo7controll8contrrol8
Misspelling Variants of "control"

Frequency rank: #509 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "control"?
"control" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾol].
What does "control" mean?
As a noun, "control" means: El acto o el poder de dominar, dirigir, regular, comandar, controlar.
What words are commonly confused with "control"?
"control" is commonly confused with "controle", "controlo", "controlar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "control"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "control" is [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾol]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "control" come from?
"control" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.