Which to use
“facilitar” and “faciliten” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,005
- “facilitar” frequency rank
- #28,757
- “faciliten” frequency rank
- 32762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilitar | faciliten |
|---|---|---|
| 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 presente de subjuntivo de facilitar. |
Where the eye mixes facilitar and faciliten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. facilitar and faciliten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between facilitar and faciliten
A purely visual mix-up. facilitar ([fasiliˈt̪aɾ]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32762, 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]. 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 32762, this pair ranks #200,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of facilitar vs faciliten
Shared letters: acfilt. Private to "facilitar": r. Private to "faciliten": en.
"facilitar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "faciliten" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "facilitar" for "faciliten" ever safe?
Which is more common, "facilitar" or "faciliten"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "facilitar" and "faciliten" 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 "faciliten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilitar" and "faciliten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitaba vs facilitar". 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 #200,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.