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. |
Same sound, different letters: facilitée vs facilités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. facilitée (CVCVCVCVV) and facilités (CVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - facilitée and facilités
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "facilitée" and "facilités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "facilitée" vs "facilités" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "facilitée" / "facilités". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "facilitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "facilités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "facilitée" and "facilités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "facilitée vs facilitera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #198,363 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.