Which to use
“contrôlée” and “contrôler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,807
- “contrôlée” frequency rank
- #2,991
- “contrôler” frequency rank
- 12798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contrôlée | contrôler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de contrôler. | Vérifier la conformité, la régularité ou l'exactitude. |
Same sound, different letters: contrôlée vs contrôler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. contrôlée (CVCCCVCVV) and contrôler (CVCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - contrôlée and contrôler
This is the hard kind. contrôlée and contrôler 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12798, 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\. contrôler is at rank #2,991, 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 12798, this pair ranks #403,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contrôlée vs contrôler
Shared letters: celnortô. Private to "contrôlée": é. Private to "contrôler": -.
"contrôlée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "contrôler" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contrôlée" and "contrôler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "contrôlée" or "contrôler" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "contrôlée" / "contrôler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "contrôlée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contrôler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contrôlée" and "contrôler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contrôlée vs controller". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #403,706 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.