legadosvsllegamosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: legados is a participle, llegamos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“legados” is a participle and “llegamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,686
“legados” frequency rank
#3,267
“llegamos” frequency rank
36953
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature legados llegamos
Definition Forma del plural de legado, participio de legar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse.

Where the eye mixes legados and llegamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. legados runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against llegamos's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
legados
8 ch
llegamos

Visual trap between legados and llegamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: legados is [leˈɣ̞að̞os] while llegamos is [ʝeˈɣ̞amos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

legados is recorded at frequency rank #33,686, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [leˈɣ̞að̞os]. llegamos is at rank #3,267, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞amos].

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 36953, this pair ranks #177,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of legados vs llegamos

Shared letters: aeglos. Private to "legados": d. Private to "llegamos": m.

"legados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "llegamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • legados ← elgados · leagdos · legaddos · legadoss · legadso · legaods · legdaos · leggados
  • llegamos ← legamos · lelgamos · lleagmos · llegammos · llegamoss · llegamso · llegaoms · lleggamos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "legados" and "llegamos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "legados" is a participle and "llegamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "legados" or "llegamos"?
"llegamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,267 in our Spanish list, against #33,686 for "legados". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "legados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llegamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #177,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "legados" and "llegamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legados 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 #177,908 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