llegue
[ˈʝeɣ̞e]
The verdict
“llegue” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,779 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #1,779
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de llegar o de llegarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | llegue |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʝeɣ̞e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “llegue” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for llegue is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝeɣ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,779 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for llegue, with forms such as "legue", "lelgue", and "llegeu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "lleve", "llené", "lleguen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is llegue, spelled L-L-E-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de llegar o de llegarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de llegar o de llegarse.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de llegar o del imperativo negativo de llegarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: legue,lelgue,llegeu,lleggue,lleuge,llgeue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of llegue - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “llegue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-L-E-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʝeɣ̞e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lleve” - see the side-by-side comparison. llegue vs lleve
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.