controlaban
[kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“controlaban” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #38,602 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #38,602
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de controlar.
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 | controlaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #38,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “controlaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for controlaban is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaβ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,602 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de controlar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for controlaban, with forms such as "ccontrolaban", "cnotrolaban", and "conntrolaban". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "controlan", "controlada", "controladas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is controlaban, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de controlar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccontrolaban,cnotrolaban,conntrolaban,conrtolaban,contorlaban,contrloaban,controalban,controlaabn,controlabann,controlabban,controlabna,controlavan,controlbaan,controllaban,contrrolaban,conttrolaban,cotnrolaban,ocntrolaban
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of controlaban - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “controlaban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-T-R-O-L-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “controlan” - see the side-by-side comparison. controlaban vs controlan
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.