Which to use
“facilitado” and “facilitan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,035
- “facilitado” frequency rank
- #17,704
- “facilitan” frequency rank
- 37739
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilitado | facilitan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de facilitar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de facilitar. |
Where the eye mixes facilitado and facilitan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. facilitado 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.
Visual trap between facilitado and facilitan
A purely visual mix-up. facilitado ([fasiliˈt̪að̞o]) and facilitan ([fasiˈlit̪ãn]) 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 37739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
facilitado is recorded at frequency rank #20,035, classified as averb, pronounced [fasiliˈt̪að̞o]. 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 37739, this pair ranks #173,730 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of facilitado vs facilitan
Shared letters: acfilt. Private to "facilitado": do. Private to "facilitan": n.
"facilitado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "facilitan" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- facilitado ← afcilitado · faccilitado · faciiltado · faciliatdo · facilitaddo · facilitaod · facilitdao · facilittado
- facilitan ← afcilitan · faccilitan · faciiltan · faciliatn · facilitann · facilitna · facilittan · facillitan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "facilitado" for "facilitan" ever safe?
Frequency check: "facilitado" vs "facilitan" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "facilitado" and "facilitan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitado" 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 #173,730 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilitado" and "facilitan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitaba vs facilitado". 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 #173,730 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.