Which to use
“facilité” is a noun and “faciliter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,038
- “facilité” frequency rank
- #4,331
- “faciliter” frequency rank
- 9369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | facilité | faciliter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité de ce qui est fait ou employé sans peine. | Rendre facile. |
Same sound, different letters: facilité vs faciliter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: facilité vs faciliter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: facilité and faciliter 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9369, 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\. faciliter is at rank #4,331, 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 9369, this pair ranks #416,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of facilité vs faciliter
Shared letters: acfilt. Private to "facilité": é. Private to "faciliter": er.
"facilité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "faciliter" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- faciliter ← afciliter · facciliter · faciilter · facilietr · faciliterr · facilitre · facilitter · facilliter
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "facilité" and "faciliter" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "facilité" vs "faciliter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"facilité" and "faciliter" 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 "faciliter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilité" and "faciliter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilité vs futilité". 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 #416,900 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.