Which to use
“facilité” is a noun and “facilitée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,038
- “facilité” frequency rank
- #27,807
- “facilitée” frequency rank
- 32845
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilité | facilitée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité de ce qui est fait ou employé sans peine. | Participe passé féminin singulier de faciliter. |
Same sound, different letters: facilité vs facilitée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. facilité runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against facilitée's 9 (CVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - facilité / facilitée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: facilité and facilitée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fa.si.li.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “facilité” sits inside “facilitée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32845, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
facilité is recorded at frequency rank #5,038, classified as anoun, pronounced \fa.si.li.te\. facilitée is at rank #27,807, tagged as averb, pronounced \fa.si.li.te\.
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 32845, this pair ranks #294,557 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of facilité vs facilitée
Shared letters: acfilté. Private to "facilité": -. Private to "facilitée": e.
"facilité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "facilitée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "facilité" and "facilitée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "facilité" or "facilitée"?
What to do next
"facilité" and "facilitée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,557 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilité" and "facilitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitée vs facilitera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #294,557 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.