facilitadovsfacilitaronWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#20,035
“facilitado” frequency rank
#41,910
“facilitaron” frequency rank
61945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature facilitado facilitaron
Definition Participio de facilitar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de facilitar.

Where the eye mixes facilitado and facilitaron

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

10 ch
facilitado
11 ch
facilitaron

Why the eye confuses facilitado with facilitaron

A purely visual mix-up. facilitado ([fasiliˈt̪að̞o]) and facilitaron ([fasiliˈt̪aɾõn]) 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 61945, 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]. facilitaron is at rank #41,910, tagged as averb, pronounced [fasiliˈt̪aɾõn].

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 61945, this pair ranks #53,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of facilitado vs facilitaron

Shared letters: acfilot. Private to "facilitado": d. Private to "facilitaron": nr.

"facilitado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "facilitaron" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • facilitado ← afcilitado · faccilitado · faciiltado · faciliatdo · facilitaddo · facilitaod · facilitdao · facilittado
  • facilitaron ← afcilitaron · faccilitaron · faciiltaron · faciliatron · facilitaorn · facilitarno · facilitaronn · facilitarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "facilitado" and "facilitaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fasiliˈt̪að̞o] versus [fasiliˈt̪aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "facilitado" or "facilitaron"?
"facilitado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,035 in our Spanish list, against #41,910 for "facilitaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "facilitado" and "facilitaron" 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 "facilitaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "facilitado" and "facilitaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitaría vs facilitaron". 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 #53,742 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