Which to use
“control” and “contrôlée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,145
- “control” frequency rank
- #9,807
- “contrôlée” frequency rank
- 22952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | control | contrôlée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contrôler (diriger, dominer d’une façon précise). | Participe passé féminin singulier de contrôler. |
Where the eye mixes control and contrôlée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: control vs contrôlée
A purely visual mix-up. control (\kən.ˈtɹoʊl\) and contrôlée (\kɔ̃.tʁo.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
control is recorded at frequency rank #13,145, classified as averb, pronounced \kən.ˈtɹoʊl\. contrôlée is at rank #9,807, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁo.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 22952, this pair ranks #355,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of control vs contrôlée
Shared letters: clnort. Private to "control": -. Private to "contrôlée": eéô.
"control" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "contrôlée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- control ← ccontrol · cnotrol · conntrol · conrtol · contorl · contrlo · controll · contrrol
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "control" for "contrôlée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "control" or "contrôlée" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "control" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contrôlée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "control" and "contrôlée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contrôlée vs controller". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #355,199 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.