Which to use
“facilitan” and “faciliten” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,704
- “facilitan” frequency rank
- #28,757
- “faciliten” frequency rank
- 46461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilitan | faciliten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de facilitar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de facilitar. |
Where the eye mixes facilitan and faciliten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. facilitan and faciliten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses facilitan with faciliten
A purely visual mix-up. facilitan ([fasiˈlit̪ãn]) and faciliten ([fasiˈlit̪ẽn]) 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 - a in “facilitan” becomes e in “faciliten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46461, 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]. faciliten is at rank #28,757, tagged as averb, pronounced [fasiˈlit̪ẽn].
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 46461, this pair ranks #125,582 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of facilitan vs faciliten
Shared letters: acfilnt. Private to "facilitan": -. Private to "faciliten": e.
"facilitan" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "faciliten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "facilitan" for "faciliten" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "facilitan" or "faciliten" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "facilitan" and "faciliten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faciliten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,582 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilitan" and "faciliten" 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 #125,582 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.