Which to use
“facilitan” and “facilitar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,704
- “facilitan” frequency rank
- #4,005
- “facilitar” frequency rank
- 21709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilitan | facilitar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de facilitar. | Hacer posible, fácil o poco laboriosa la ejecución de alguna cosa o la adquisición de algún objeto. |
Where the eye mixes facilitan and facilitar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. facilitan and facilitar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between facilitan and facilitar
A purely visual mix-up. facilitan ([fasiˈlit̪ãn]) and facilitar ([fasiliˈt̪aɾ]) 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 a single letter - n in “facilitan” becomes r in “facilitar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
facilitan is recorded at frequency rank #17,704, classified as averb, pronounced [fasiˈlit̪ãn]. 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 21709, this pair ranks #253,684 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of facilitan vs facilitar
Shared letters: acfilt. Private to "facilitan": n. Private to "facilitar": r.
"facilitan" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "facilitar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "facilitan" for "facilitar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "facilitan" or "facilitar"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitan" 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 #253,684 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilitan" and "facilitar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitaba vs facilitan". 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 #253,684 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.