How to spell control

Control is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L. One L, as in patrol; the L doubles in controlled, controlling and controller.

hear itcon·trol/kən'troʊl/nounLong vowels

What it means: Devices or switches used to operate a machine or vehicle.

In a sentence: The pilot uses controls to fly the airplane smoothly.

Same family: controls, controlled, controlling, controller, under control. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Control comes from Old French “contrerolle,” meaning a copy of a register used to check accounts. The idea of checking or verifying later grew into our modern sense of guiding or having power over something.

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