Which to use
“facilitada” is a participle and “facilitar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,308
- “facilitada” frequency rank
- #4,005
- “facilitar” frequency rank
- 44313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilitada | facilitar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de facilitado, participio de facilitar. | Hacer posible, fácil o poco laboriosa la ejecución de alguna cosa o la adquisición de algún objeto. |
Where the eye mixes facilitada and facilitar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. facilitada runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against facilitar's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses facilitada with facilitar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: facilitada is [fasiliˈt̪að̞a] while facilitar is [fasiliˈt̪aɾ]. 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 44313, 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]. facilitar is at rank #4,005, tagged as averb, pronounced [fasiliˈt̪aɾ].
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 44313, this pair ranks #137,770 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of facilitada vs facilitar
Shared letters: acfilt. Private to "facilitada": d. Private to "facilitar": r.
"facilitada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "facilitar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- facilitada ← afcilitada · faccilitada · faciiltada · faciliatda · facilitaad · facilitadda · facilitdaa · facilittada
- facilitar ← afcilitar · faccilitar · faciiltar · faciliatr · facilitarr · facilitra · facilittar · facillitar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "facilitada" for "facilitar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "facilitada" vs "facilitar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,770 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilitada" and "facilitar" 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 #137,770 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.