Which to use
“controladas” is a participle and “controlamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,544
- “controladas” frequency rank
- #44,658
- “controlamos” frequency rank
- 61202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | controladas | controlamos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de controlado, participio de controlar o de controlarse. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de controlar o de controlarse. |
Where the eye mixes controladas and controlamos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between controladas and controlamos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: controladas is [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlað̞as] while controlamos is [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61202, 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]. controlamos is at rank #44,658, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlamos].
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 61202, this pair ranks #56,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of controladas vs controlamos
Shared letters: aclnorst. Private to "controladas": d. Private to "controlamos": m.
"controladas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC · "controlamos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- controladas ← ccontroladas · cnotroladas · conntroladas · conrtoladas · contorladas · contrloadas · controaldas · controlaads
- controlamos ← ccontrolamos · cnotrolamos · conntrolamos · conrtolamos · contorlamos · contrloamos · controalmos · controlammos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "controladas" and "controlamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "controladas" or "controlamos" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "controladas" and "controlamos" 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 "controlamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "controladas" and "controlamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contratamos 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 #56,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.