Which to use
“controlado” is a verb and “controlados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,001
- “controlado” frequency rank
- #12,562
- “controlados” frequency rank
- 19563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | controlado | controlados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de controlar o de controlarse. | Forma del plural de controlado, participio de controlar o de controlarse. |
Where the eye mixes controlado and controlados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses controlado with controlados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: controlado is [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlað̞o] while controlados is [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “controlado” sits inside “controlados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
controlado is recorded at frequency rank #7,001, classified as averb, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾoˈlað̞o]. 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 19563, this pair ranks #263,224 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of controlado vs controlados
Shared letters: acdlnort. Private to "controlado": -. Private to "controlados": s.
"controlado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "controlados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- controlado ← ccontrolado · cnotrolado · conntrolado · conrtolado · contorlado · contrloado · controaldo · controladdo
- controlados ← ccontrolados · cnotrolados · conntrolados · conrtolados · contorlados · contrloados · controaldos · controladdos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "controlado" and "controlados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "controlado" or "controlados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "controlado" and "controlados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "controlado" 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 #263,224 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "controlado" and "controlados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "controladora vs controlados". 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 #263,224 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.