# facilitate

> English word · Verb · IPA /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/ · frequency rank #7,225

## Definitions
1. To make easy or easier.
2. To help bring about.
3. To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).

## Etymology
Anglicisation of French faciliter (“facilitate”) through -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin facilis.

## Easily confused with
- **facilitator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facilitate-vs-facilitator)

## Common misspellings (14)
`afcilitate`, `faccilitate`, `faciiltate`, `faciliatte`, `facilitaet`, `facilitatte`, `facilittae`, `facilittate`, `facillitate`, `faciltiate`, `facliitate`, `faiclitate`, `fcailitate`, `ffacilitate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/facilitate