Which to use
“control” and “contrôlez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,145
- “control” frequency rank
- #38,728
- “contrôlez” frequency rank
- 51873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | control | contrôlez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contrôler (diriger, dominer d’une façon précise). | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contrôler. |
Where the eye mixes control and contrôlez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses control with contrôlez
A purely visual mix-up. control (\kən.ˈtɹoʊl\) and contrôlez (\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 51873, 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\. contrôlez is at rank #38,728, 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 51873, this pair ranks #151,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of control vs contrôlez
Shared letters: clnort. Private to "control": -. Private to "contrôlez": ezô.
"control" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "contrôlez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- control ← ccontrol · cnotrol · conntrol · conrtol · contorl · contrlo · controll · contrrol
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "control" and "contrôlez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "control" or "contrôlez"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "control" and "contrôlez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "control" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contrôlez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "control" and "contrôlez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contrôlez 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 #151,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.