controlan

/[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾolãn]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,382

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

controlan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de controlar o de controlarse. Pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾolãn]. Often confused with controle and controlo.

Key facts for controlan
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrolan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾolãn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,382
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for controlan is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾolãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,382 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 presente de indicativo de controlar o de controlarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for controlan, with forms such as "ccontrolan", "cnotrolan", and "conntrolan". 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 12 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 controlan, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de controlar o de controlarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontrolan,cnotrolan,conntrolan,conrtolan,contorlan,contrloan,controaln,controlann,controllan,controlna,contrrolan,conttrolan,cotnrolan,ocntrolan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for controlan

Misspelling Variants of "controlan"

ccontrolan10cnotrolan9conntrolan10conrtolan9contorlan9contrloan9controaln9controlann10
Misspelling Variants of "controlan"

Frequency rank: #11,382 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "controlan"?
"controlan" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾolãn].
What does "controlan" mean?
As a verb, "controlan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de controlar o de controlarse.
What words are commonly confused with "controlan"?
"controlan" 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 "controlan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "controlan" is [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾolãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "controlan" come from?
"controlan" 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.