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“facilidad” and “fragilidad” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,336
“facilidad” frequency rank
#22,024
“fragilidad” frequency rank
26360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature facilidad fragilidad
Definition Calidad o cualidad de fácil. Calidad de frágil.

Where the eye mixes facilidad and fragilidad

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. facilidad runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against fragilidad's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
facilidad
10 ch
fragilidad

Look-alike desk: facilidad vs fragilidad

A purely visual mix-up. facilidad ([fasiliˈð̞að̞]) and fragilidad ([fɾaxiliˈð̞að̞]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26360, 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]. fragilidad is at rank #22,024, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɾaxiliˈð̞að̞].

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 26360, this pair ranks #232,011 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of facilidad vs fragilidad

Shared letters: adfil. Private to "facilidad": c. Private to "fragilidad": gr.

"facilidad" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "fragilidad" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • facilidad ← afcilidad · faccilidad · faciildad · facildiad · faciliadd · facilidadd · facilidda · faciliddad
  • fragilidad ← fargilidad · ffragilidad · fraggilidad · fragiildad · fragildiad · fragiliadd · fragilidadd · fragilidda

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "facilidad" and "fragilidad" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fasiliˈð̞að̞] versus [fɾaxiliˈð̞að̞]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "facilidad" vs "fragilidad" - which ranks higher?
"facilidad" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,336 in our Spanish list, against #22,024 for "fragilidad". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "facilidad" and "fragilidad" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "facilidad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fragilidad" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,011 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "facilidad" and "fragilidad" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilidad vs fatalidad". 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 #232,011 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list