controlaba
[kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaβ̞a]
The verdict
“controlaba” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,196. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,196
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de controlar o de controlarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-controlaba · controlaba · Spanish
controlaba · rank #25,196 · 16 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,196
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH continuaban
Nearest frequency peer: continuaban (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “controlaba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- contagiosa
contagiosa
74,808 corpus weight
- contemplan
contemplan
74,807 corpus weight
- continuaban
continuaban
74,806 corpus weight
- controlaba
controlaba
74,805 corpus weight
- correas
correas
74,804 corpus weight
- correspondi…
correspondido
74,803 corpus weight
What this shows “controlaba” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | controlaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “controlaba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around controlaba (IPA [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaβ̞a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,196 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for controlaba, with forms such as "ccontrolaba", "cnotrolaba", and "conntrolaba". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "controlar", "controlan", "controlado", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is controlaba, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de controlar o de controlarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de controlar o de controlarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontrolaba
- cnotrolaba
- conntrolaba
- conrtolaba
- contorlaba
- contrloaba
- controalba
- controlaab
- controlabba
- controlava
- controlbaa
- controllaba
- contrrolaba
- conttrolaba
- cotnrolaba
- ocntrolaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of controlaba - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "controlaba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).