contrôle technique
\kɔ̃.tʁol tɛk.nik\
The verdict
“contrôle technique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Contrôle périodique du bon fonctionnement d’un appareil, d’une installation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrôle technique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁol tɛk.nik\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contrôle technique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
contrôle technique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁol tɛk.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for contrôle technique in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is contrôle technique, spelled C-O-N-T-R-Ô-L-E- -T-E-C-H-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Contrôle périodique du bon fonctionnement d’un appareil, d’une installation.
- 2Contrôle technique obligatoire des véhicules automobiles.
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.
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Using “contrôle technique”
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- -T-E-C-H-N-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.tʁol tɛk.nik\ (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.