contrôléesvscontrôlezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“contrôlées” and “contrôlez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,447
“contrôlées” frequency rank
#38,728
“contrôlez” frequency rank
57175
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature contrôlées contrôlez
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de contrôler. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contrôler.

Same sound, different letters: contrôlées vs contrôlez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

10 ch
contrôlées
9 ch
contrôlez

Same sound, different spelling - contrôlées / contrôlez

This is the hard kind. contrôlées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57175, 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\. 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 57175, this pair ranks #116,622 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of contrôlées vs contrôlez

Shared letters: celnortô. Private to "contrôlées": . Private to "contrôlez": z.

"contrôlées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC  ·  "contrôlez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "contrôlées" and "contrôlez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.tʁo.le\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "contrôlées" or "contrôlez"?
"contrôlées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,447 in our French list, against #38,728 for "contrôlez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "contrôlez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,622 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "contrôlées" and "contrôlez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contrôlez vs controller". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #116,622 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list