llegan

/[ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,737

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

llegan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. Pronounced [ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]. It ranks #1,737 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with llegó and llena.

Key facts for llegan
PropertyValue
Headwordllegan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,737
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of llegan in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llegan is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,737 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for llegan, with forms such as "legan", "lelgan", and "lleagn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "llegó", "llena", "logan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is llegan, spelled L-L-E-G-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: legan,lelgan,lleagn,llegann,lleggan,llegna,llgean

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for llegan

Misspelling Variants of "llegan"

legan5lelgan6lleagn6llegann7lleggan7llegna6llgean6
Misspelling Variants of "llegan"

Frequency rank: #1,737 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llegan"?
"llegan" is spelled L-L-E-G-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝeɣ̞ãn].
What does "llegan" mean?
As a verb, "llegan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse.
What words are commonly confused with "llegan"?
"llegan" is commonly confused with "llegó", "llena", "logan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "llegan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llegan" is [ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "llegan" come from?
"llegan" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.