Which to use
“contrôlée” and “contrôlez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,807
- “contrôlée” frequency rank
- #38,728
- “contrôlez” frequency rank
- 48535
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contrôlée | contrôlez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de contrôler. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contrôler. |
Same sound, different letters: contrôlée vs contrôlez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - contrôlée / contrôlez
This is the hard kind. contrôlée and contrôlez 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 48535, 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\. 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 48535, this pair ranks #178,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contrôlée vs contrôlez
Shared letters: celnortô. Private to "contrôlée": é. Private to "contrôlez": z.
"contrôlée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "contrôlez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "contrôlée" and "contrôlez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "contrôlée" or "contrôlez" show up more?
Useful next steps
"contrôlée" and "contrôlez" 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 "contrôlez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contrôlée" and "contrôlez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contrôlez vs controller". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #178,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.