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

#49,010
“facilitaba” frequency rank
#43,010
“facilitaría” frequency rank
92020
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature facilitaba facilitaría
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de facilitar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de facilitar.

Where the eye mixes facilitaba and facilitaría

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. facilitaba runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against facilitaría's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
facilitaba
11 ch
facilitaría

Look-alike desk: facilitaba vs facilitaría

A purely visual mix-up. facilitaba ([fasiliˈt̪aβ̞a]) and facilitaría ([fasilit̪aˈɾia]) 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 92020, 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]. facilitaría is at rank #43,010, tagged as averb, pronounced [fasilit̪aˈɾia].

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 92020, this pair ranks #1,708 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of facilitaba vs facilitaría

Shared letters: acfilt. Private to "facilitaba": b. Private to "facilitaría": rí.

"facilitaba" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "facilitaría" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • facilitaba ← afcilitaba · faccilitaba · faciiltaba · faciliatba · facilitaab · facilitabba · facilitava · facilitbaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "facilitaba" and "facilitaría" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([fasiliˈt̪aβ̞a] versus [fasilit̪aˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "facilitaba" or "facilitaría" show up more?
"facilitaría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,010 in our Spanish list, against #49,010 for "facilitaba". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "facilitaba" and "facilitaría" 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 "facilitaría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,708 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "facilitaba" and "facilitaría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitaba vs facilitada". 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 #1,708 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