Which to use
“contrôlées” and “contrôler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,447
- “contrôlées” frequency rank
- #2,991
- “contrôler” frequency rank
- 21438
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contrôlées | contrôler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de contrôler. | Vérifier la conformité, la régularité ou l'exactitude. |
Same sound, different letters: contrôlées vs contrôler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. contrôlées runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVVC) against contrôler's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: contrôlées vs contrôler
This is the hard kind. contrôlées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contrôlées is recorded at frequency rank #18,447, 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 21438, this pair ranks #363,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contrôlées vs contrôler
Shared letters: celnortô. Private to "contrôlées": sé. Private to "contrôler": -.
"contrôlées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC · "contrôler" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contrôlées" for "contrôler" ever safe?
Which is more common, "contrôlées" or "contrôler"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "contrôlées" 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 #363,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contrôlées" and "contrôler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contrôlées vs controller". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #363,170 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.