controle

/\konˈtɾo.le\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,340

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

controle is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de controlar. Pronounced \konˈtɾo.le\. Often confused with contrôler and contrôles.

Key facts for controle
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\konˈtɾo.le\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,340
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of controle in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for controle is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \konˈtɾo.le\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,340 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for controle, with forms such as "ccontrole", "cnotrole", and "conntrole". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "contrôler", "contrôles", "contrôlée", 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 French form is controle, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de controlar.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de controlar.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’impératif de controlar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontrole,cnotrole,conntrole,conrtole,contorle,contrloe,controel,controlle,contrrole,conttrole,cotnrole,ocntrole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for controle

Misspelling Variants of "controle"

ccontrole9cnotrole8conntrole9conrtole8contorle8contrloe8controel8controlle9
Misspelling Variants of "controle"

Frequency rank: #15,340 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "controle"?
"controle" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \konˈtɾo.le\.
What does "controle" mean?
As a verb, "controle" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de controlar.
What words are commonly confused with "controle"?
"controle" is commonly confused with "contrôler", "contrôles", "contrôlée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "controle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "controle" is \konˈtɾo.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "controle" come from?
"controle" is a French 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.