Which to use
“legado” is a noun and “llegados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,089
- “legado” frequency rank
- #12,857
- “llegados” frequency rank
- 16946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legado | llegados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enviado o ministro enviado para representar a una autoridad en un asunto | Forma del plural de llegado, participio de llegar o de llegarse. |
Where the eye mixes legado and llegados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. legado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against llegados's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: legado vs llegados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: legado is [leˈɣ̞að̞o] while llegados is [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “legado” sits inside “llegados”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legado is recorded at frequency rank #4,089, classified as anoun, pronounced [leˈɣ̞að̞o]. llegados is at rank #12,857, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 16946, this pair ranks #274,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of legado vs llegados
Shared letters: adeglo. Private to "legado": -. Private to "llegados": s.
"legado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "llegados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "legado" and "llegados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "legado" or "llegados"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "legado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llegados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legado" and "llegados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legado vs leñador". 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 #274,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.