Which to use
“contrôlée” and “contrôlées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,807
- “contrôlée” frequency rank
- #18,447
- “contrôlées” frequency rank
- 28254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contrôlée | contrôlées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de contrôler. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de contrôler. |
Same sound, different letters: contrôlée vs contrôlées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. contrôlée runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVV) against contrôlées's 10 (CVCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - contrôlée / contrôlées
This is the hard kind. contrôlée and contrôlées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tʁo.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “contrôlée” sits inside “contrôlées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contrôlée is recorded at frequency rank #9,807, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁo.le\. contrôlées is at rank #18,447, 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 28254, this pair ranks #323,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contrôlée vs contrôlées
Shared letters: celnortéô. Private to "contrôlée": -. Private to "contrôlées": s.
"contrôlée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "contrôlées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contrôlée" and "contrôlées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "contrôlée" or "contrôlées"?
After this comparison
"contrôlée" and "contrôlées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "contrôlée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contrôlées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #323,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contrôlée" and "contrôlées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contrôlées vs controller". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #323,951 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.