levantadovslevantandoTell them apart

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

#7,452
“levantado” frequency rank
#13,084
“levantando” frequency rank
20536
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levantado levantando
Definition Participio de levantar o de levantarse. Gerundio de levantar.

Where the eye mixes levantado and levantando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
levantado
10 ch
levantando

Why the eye confuses levantado with levantando

A purely visual mix-up. levantado ([leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]) and levantando ([leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) 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 20536, 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]. levantando is at rank #13,084, tagged as averb, pronounced [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].

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 20536, this pair ranks #258,903 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of levantado vs levantando

Shared letters: adelnotv. Private to "levantado": -. Private to "levantando": -.

"levantado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "levantando" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levantadoelvantado · leavntado · lebantado · levanatdo · levanntado · levantaddo · levantaod · levantdao
  • levantandoelvantando · leavntando · lebantando · levanatndo · levanntando · levantadno · levantanddo · levantanndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "levantado" and "levantando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪að̞o] versus [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "levantado" or "levantando"?
"levantado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,452 in our Spanish list, against #13,084 for "levantando". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "levantado" and "levantando" 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 "levantando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #258,903 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levantado" and "levantando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levantando vs levantándose". 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 #258,903 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