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

#44,824
“leamos” frequency rank
#3,798
“llevamos” frequency rank
48622
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature leamos llevamos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de leer. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes leamos and llevamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
leamos
8 ch
llevamos

Look-alike desk: leamos vs llevamos

A purely visual mix-up. leamos ([leˈamos]) and llevamos ([ʝeˈβ̞amos]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leamos is recorded at frequency rank #44,824, classified as averb, pronounced [leˈamos]. llevamos is at rank #3,798, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞amos].

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 48622, this pair ranks #113,441 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of leamos vs llevamos

Shared letters: aelmos. Private to "leamos": -. Private to "llevamos": v.

"leamos" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "llevamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • leamoselamos · laemos · leammos · leamoss · leamso · leaoms · lemaos · lleamos
  • llevamoslelvamos · levamos · lleavmos · llebamos · llevammos · llevamoss · llevamso · llevaoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "leamos" for "llevamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([leˈamos] versus [ʝeˈβ̞amos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "leamos" vs "llevamos" - which ranks higher?
"llevamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,798 in our Spanish list, against #44,824 for "leamos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "leamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #113,441 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "leamos" and "llevamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leamos vs lechos". 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 #113,441 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