Which to use
“facilitar” and “facilitaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,005
- “facilitar” frequency rank
- #41,910
- “facilitaron” frequency rank
- 45915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilitar | facilitaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hacer posible, fácil o poco laboriosa la ejecución de alguna cosa o la adquisición de algún objeto. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de facilitar. |
Where the eye mixes facilitar and facilitaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. facilitar runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against facilitaron's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses facilitar with facilitaron
A purely visual mix-up. facilitar ([fasiliˈt̪aɾ]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “facilitar” sits inside “facilitaron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
facilitar is recorded at frequency rank #4,005, classified as averb, pronounced [fasiliˈt̪aɾ]. 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 45915, this pair ranks #128,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of facilitar vs facilitaron
Shared letters: acfilrt. Private to "facilitar": -. Private to "facilitaron": no.
"facilitar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "facilitaron" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- facilitar ← afcilitar · faccilitar · faciiltar · faciliatr · facilitarr · facilitra · facilittar · facillitar
- facilitaron ← afcilitaron · faccilitaron · faciiltaron · faciliatron · facilitaorn · facilitarno · facilitaronn · facilitarron
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "facilitar" for "facilitaron" ever safe?
Frequency check: "facilitar" vs "facilitaron" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "facilitar" and "facilitaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitar" 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 #128,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilitar" 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 #128,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.