llegar

/[ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#341

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

llegar is aSpanishverb. It means: Acción de terminar un viaje o movimiento porque se ha alcanzado el destino. Pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]. It ranks #341 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with lugar and llegó.

Key facts for llegar
PropertyValue
Headwordllegar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#341
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llegar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #341 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for llegar, with forms such as "legar", "lelgar", and "lleagr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lugar", "llegó", "llena", 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 llegar, spelled L-L-E-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de terminar un viaje o movimiento porque se ha alcanzado el destino.
  2. 2
    Durar hasta época o tiempo determinado.
  3. 3
    Venir por su orden a tocar por su turno una cosa o acción a uno.
  4. 4
    Conseguir el fin al que se aspira.
  5. 5
    Suceder, comenzar a correr un cierto y determinado tiempo, o venir a ser el tiempo de ser o hacerse una cosa.
  6. 6
    Ascender, subir.
  7. 7
    Cumplir, ser suficiente.
  8. 8
    Junto con algunos verbos tiene la significación del verbo a que se junta.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: legar,lelgar,lleagr,llegarr,lleggar,llegra,llgear

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for llegar

Misspelling Variants of "llegar"

legar5lelgar6lleagr6llegarr7lleggar7llegra6llgear6
Misspelling Variants of "llegar"

Frequency rank: #341 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llegar"?
"llegar" is spelled L-L-E-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ].
What does "llegar" mean?
As a verb, "llegar" means: Acción de terminar un viaje o movimiento porque se ha alcanzado el destino.
What words are commonly confused with "llegar"?
"llegar" is commonly confused with "lugar", "llegó", "llena". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "llegar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llegar" is [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "llegar" come from?
"llegar" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.