Which to use
“facilitaba” and “facilitado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,010
- “facilitaba” frequency rank
- #20,035
- “facilitado” frequency rank
- 69045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilitaba | facilitado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de facilitar. | Participio de facilitar. |
Where the eye mixes facilitaba and facilitado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. facilitaba and facilitado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between facilitaba and facilitado
A purely visual mix-up. facilitaba ([fasiliˈt̪aβ̞a]) and facilitado ([fasiliˈt̪að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
facilitaba is recorded at frequency rank #49,010, classified as averb, pronounced [fasiliˈt̪aβ̞a]. facilitado is at rank #20,035, tagged as averb, pronounced [fasiliˈt̪að̞o].
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 69045, this pair ranks #32,983 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of facilitaba vs facilitado
Shared letters: acfilt. Private to "facilitaba": b. Private to "facilitado": do.
"facilitaba" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "facilitado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- facilitaba ← afcilitaba · faccilitaba · faciiltaba · faciliatba · facilitaab · facilitabba · facilitava · facilitbaa
- facilitado ← afcilitado · faccilitado · faciiltado · faciliatdo · facilitaddo · facilitaod · facilitdao · facilittado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "facilitaba" and "facilitado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "facilitaba" vs "facilitado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "facilitaba" and "facilitado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,983 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilitaba" and "facilitado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitaba vs facilitaría". 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 #32,983 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.