contrôleur aérien
\kɔ̃.tʁo.lœ.ʁ‿a.e.ʁjɛ̃\
The verdict
“contrôleur aérien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne chargée de la régulation de la circulation dans l’espace aérien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-controleur-aerien · contrôleur aérien · French
contrôleur aérien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrôleur aérien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁo.lœ.ʁ‿a.e.ʁjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contrôleur aérien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contrôleur aérien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁo.lœ.ʁ‿a.e.ʁjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne chargée de la régulation de la circulation dans l’espace aérien.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contrôleur aérien, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is contrôleur aérien, spelled C-O-N-T-R-Ô-L-E-U-R- -A-É-R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Personne chargée de la régulation de la circulation dans l’espace aérien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contrôleur aérien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chaque alerte est déclenchée par le Caoc (Combined Air Operation Center) de l’Otan, basé en Allemagne, après signalement des contrôleurs aériens des pays concernés.
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