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

#7,452
“levantado” frequency rank
#11,605
“levantan” frequency rank
19057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levantado levantan
Definition Participio de levantar o de levantarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de levantar o de levantarse.

Where the eye mixes levantado and levantan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. levantado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against levantan's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
levantado
8 ch
levantan

Why the eye confuses levantado with levantan

A purely visual mix-up. levantado ([leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]) and levantan ([leˈβ̞ãn̪t̪ãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levantado is recorded at frequency rank #7,452, classified as averb, pronounced [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. levantan is at rank #11,605, tagged as averb, pronounced [leˈβ̞ãn̪t̪ãn].

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 19057, this pair ranks #265,378 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of levantado vs levantan

Shared letters: aelntv. Private to "levantado": do. Private to "levantan": -.

"levantado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "levantan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levantado ← elvantado · leavntado · lebantado · levanatdo · levanntado · levantaddo · levantaod · levantdao
  • levantan ← elvantan · leavntan · lebantan · levanatn · levanntan · levantann · levantna · levanttan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "levantado" and "levantan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪að̞o] versus [leˈβ̞ãn̪t̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "levantado" vs "levantan" - which ranks higher?
"levantado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,452 in our Spanish list, against #11,605 for "levantan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "levantado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "levantan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #265,378 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levantado" and "levantan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levantaban vs levantan". 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 #265,378 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