conllevanvsconllevarConfusable pair

Which to use

“conllevan” and “conllevar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,990
“conllevan” frequency rank
#45,219
“conllevar” frequency rank
75209
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conllevan conllevar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de conllevar. Ayudar a llevar a otro los trabajos.

Where the eye mixes conllevan and conllevar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. conllevan and conllevar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
conllevan
9 ch
conllevar

Look-alike desk: conllevan vs conllevar

A purely visual mix-up. conllevan ([kõɲˈʝeβ̞ãn]) and conllevar ([kõɲʝeˈβ̞aɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “conllevan” becomes r in “conllevar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conllevan is recorded at frequency rank #29,990, classified as averb, pronounced [kõɲˈʝeβ̞ãn]. conllevar is at rank #45,219, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõɲʝeˈβ̞aɾ].

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 75209, this pair ranks #20,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conllevan vs conllevar

Shared letters: acelnov. Private to "conllevan": -. Private to "conllevar": r.

"conllevan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "conllevar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conllevan ← cconllevan · cnollevan · colnlevan · conlelvan · conlevan · conlleavn · conlleban · conllevann
  • conllevar ← cconllevar · cnollevar · colnlevar · conlelvar · conlevar · conlleavr · conllebar · conllevarr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conllevan" for "conllevar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõɲˈʝeβ̞ãn] versus [kõɲʝeˈβ̞aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conllevan" vs "conllevar" - which ranks higher?
"conllevan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,990 in our Spanish list, against #45,219 for "conllevar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "conllevan" and "conllevar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conllevan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conllevar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conllevan" and "conllevar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conlleva vs conllevar". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #20,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list