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 eye mixes facilitada and facilitan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. facilitada runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against facilitan's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: facilitada vs facilitan
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
- facilitada ← afcilitada · faccilitada · faciiltada · faciliatda · facilitaad · facilitadda · facilitdaa · facilittada
- facilitan ← afcilitan · faccilitan · faciiltan · faciliatn · facilitann · facilitna · facilittan · facillitan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "facilitada" for "facilitan" ever safe?
Frequency check: "facilitada" vs "facilitan" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "facilitada" and "facilitan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitada" 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 #68,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilitada" and "facilitan" 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 #68,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.