controlled
\kən.ˈtɹoʊld\
The verdict
“controlled” is uncommon French (frequency #96,784 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,784
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prétérit de control.
Corpus desk
Index FR-controlled · controlled · French
controlled · rank #96,784 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,784
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contrefacteurs
Nearest frequency peer: contrefacteurs (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « controlled »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- contingente
contingente
3,220 corpus weight
- contrefacte…
contrefacteur
3,219 corpus weight
- contrefacte…
contrefacteurs
3,218 corpus weight
- controlled
controlled
3,217 corpus weight
- conviant
conviant
3,216 corpus weight
- convoquera
convoquera
3,215 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « controlled » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | controlled |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kən.ˈtɹoʊld\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « controlled » en français
Rare enough to double-check
controlled is uncommon French at frequency #96,784 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kən.ˈtɹoʊld\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for controlled in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is controlled, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Prétérit de control.
- 2Participe passé de control.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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