Which to use
“facilidad” is a noun and “facilitan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,336
- “facilidad” frequency rank
- #17,704
- “facilitan” frequency rank
- 22040
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilidad | facilitan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Calidad o cualidad de fácil. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de facilitar. |
Where the eye mixes facilidad and facilitan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. facilidad and facilitan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between facilidad and facilitan
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: facilidad is [fasiliˈð̞að̞] while facilitan is [fasiˈlit̪ãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
facilidad is recorded at frequency rank #4,336, classified as anoun, pronounced [fasiliˈð̞að̞]. facilitan is at rank #17,704, tagged as averb, pronounced [fasiˈlit̪ãn].
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 22040, this pair ranks #252,218 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of facilidad vs facilitan
Shared letters: acfil. Private to "facilidad": d. Private to "facilitan": nt.
"facilidad" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "facilitan" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "facilidad" and "facilitan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "facilidad" or "facilitan"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilidad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,218 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilidad" and "facilitan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitaba vs facilitan". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #252,218 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.