Which to use
“controladas” and “controlados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,544
- “controladas” frequency rank
- #12,562
- “controlados” frequency rank
- 29106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | controladas | controlados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de controlado, participio de controlar o de controlarse. | Forma del plural de controlado, participio de controlar o de controlarse. |
Where the eye mixes controladas and controlados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses controladas with controlados
A purely visual mix-up. controladas ([kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlað̞as]) and controlados ([kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlað̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “controladas” becomes o in “controlados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
controladas is recorded at frequency rank #16,544, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlað̞as]. controlados is at rank #12,562, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlað̞os].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 29106, this pair ranks #218,662 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of controladas vs controlados
Shared letters: acdlnorst. Private to "controladas": -. Private to "controlados": -.
"controladas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC · "controlados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- controladas ← ccontroladas · cnotroladas · conntroladas · conrtoladas · contorladas · contrloadas · controaldas · controlaads
- controlados ← ccontrolados · cnotrolados · conntrolados · conrtolados · contorlados · contrloados · controaldos · controladdos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "controladas" for "controlados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "controladas" or "controlados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "controladas" and "controlados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "controladas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "controlados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,662 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "controladas" and "controlados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "controladas vs controlamos". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #218,662 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.