facilitadavsfacilitanWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: facilitada is a participle, facilitan is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“facilitada” is a participle and “facilitan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,308
“facilitada” frequency rank
#17,704
“facilitan” frequency rank
58012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature facilitada facilitan
Definition Forma del femenino de facilitado, participio de facilitar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de facilitar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set facilitada and facilitan apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

10 ch
facilitada
9 ch
facilitan

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: facilitada is [fasiliˈt̪að̞a] while facilitan is [fasiˈlit̪ãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

facilitada is recorded at frequency rank #40,308, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [fasiliˈt̪að̞a]. 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 58012, this pair ranks #68,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of facilitada vs facilitan

Shared letters: acfilt. Private to "facilitada": d. Private to "facilitan": n.

"facilitada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "facilitan" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • facilitadaafcilitada · faccilitada · faciiltada · faciliatda · facilitaad · facilitadda · facilitdaa · facilittada
  • facilitanafcilitan · faccilitan · faciiltan · faciliatn · facilitann · facilitna · facilittan · facillitan

Frequency comparison

facilitada#40,308
facilitan#17,704

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "facilitada" and "facilitan" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "facilitada" is a participle and "facilitan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "facilitada" or "facilitan"?
"facilitan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,704 in our Spanish list, against #40,308 for "facilitada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering facilitada vs facilitan

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a participle, it's “facilitada”; for a verb, it's “facilitan”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “facilitada” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list