controlar
Letters
9 characters
Frequency Rank
#2,202
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
14
tracked variants
Confusables
14
similar word pairs
controlar is aSpanishverb. It means: Tener el control sobre algo o alguien, ejercer el dominio sobre algo o alguien. Pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaɾ]. It ranks #2,202 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with controle and controlo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | controlar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for controlar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,202 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for controlar, with forms such as "ccontrolar", "cnotrolar", and "conntrolar". 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", "controles", 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 controlar, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Tener el control sobre algo o alguien, ejercer el dominio sobre algo o alguien.
- 2Observar que se cumplan condiciones, leyes o normas.
- 3Moderar o contener la expresión de un sentimiento o emoción.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccontrolar,cnotrolar,conntrolar,conrtolar,contorlar,contrloar,controalr,controlarr,controllar,controlra,contrrolar,conttrolar,cotnrolar,ocntrolar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for controlar
Misspelling Variants of "controlar"
Frequency rank: #2,202 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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