contrôle qualité

\kɔ̃.tʁol ka.li.te\

/\kɔ̃.tʁol ka.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“contrôle qualité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Activité, ensemble des processus et opérations visant à contrôler la qualité des produits, services, documents, etc., c'est-à-dire leur conformité aux spécifications.

Key facts for contrôle qualité
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrôle qualité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁol ka.li.te\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “contrôle qualité” sits in French frequency

contrôle qualité falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contrôle qualité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁol ka.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for contrôle qualité in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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. The correct French form is contrôle qualité, spelled C-O-N-T-R-Ô-L-E- -Q-U-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Activité, ensemble des processus et opérations visant à contrôler la qualité des produits, services, documents, etc., c'est-à-dire leur conformité aux spécifications.
  2. 2
    Une opération de contrôle réalisée dans le cadre de l'activité susmensionnée.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrôle qualité"?
"contrôle qualité" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-Ô-L-E- -Q-U-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁol ka.li.te\.
What does "contrôle qualité" mean?
As a noun, "contrôle qualité" means: Activité, ensemble des processus et opérations visant à contrôler la qualité des produits, services, documents, etc., c'est-à-dire leur conformité aux spécifications.
How do you pronounce "contrôle qualité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrôle qualité" is \kɔ̃.tʁol ka.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrôle qualité" come from?
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Using “contrôle qualité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-T-R-Ô-L-E- -Q-U-A-L-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ̃.tʁol ka.li.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list