facilitéevsfacilitésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: facilitée is a verb, facilités is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“facilitée” is a verb and “facilités” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,807
“facilitée” frequency rank
#18,199
“facilités” frequency rank
46006
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature facilitée facilités
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de faciliter. Pluriel de facilité.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set facilitée and facilités apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
facilitée
9 ch
facilités

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: facilitée and facilités carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fa.si.li.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “facilitée” becomes s in “facilités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

facilitée is recorded at frequency rank #27,807, classified as averb, pronounced \fa.si.li.te\. facilités is at rank #18,199, tagged as anoun, 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 46006, this pair ranks #198,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of facilitée vs facilités

Shared letters: acfilté. Private to "facilitée": e. Private to "facilités": s.

"facilitée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV  ·  "facilités" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Frequency comparison

facilitée#27,807
facilités#18,199

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "facilitée" and "facilités" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "facilitée" is a verb and "facilités" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "facilitée" or "facilités"?
"facilités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,199 in our French list, against #27,807 for "facilitée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering facilitée vs facilités

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “facilitée”; for a noun, it's “facilités”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “facilitée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list