This question first came to me when I saw the sentence:

> 私は懐中電灯が見つけられません。  
>  I can't find my/the torch. (speaker is in the dark).

I am aware that られます is another way of saying able to but can you say

> 私は懐中電灯が見つけできません。

instead?

Can the two be used interchangeably?
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Is there any difference/nuances between られます and できます and if so what is it?
懐中電灯が見つけできません is ungrammatical, because the only word できる can directly follow
is a suru-verb such as 運転, 発見 and 勉強. 見つけ is not a suru-verb (you cannot say
見つけする).

If you really want to use both 見つける and できる, you have to say 懐中電灯 **を** 見つける
**ことが** できません. In your case, it's simplest and most natural to say
懐中電灯が見つかりません.
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