levantadosvslevantaronWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#33,689
“levantados” frequency rank
#13,085
“levantaron” frequency rank
46774
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levantados levantaron
Definition Forma del plural de levantado, participio de levantar o de levantarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de levantar o de levantarse.

Where the eye mixes levantados and levantaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. levantados and levantaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
levantados
10 ch
levantaron

Why the eye confuses levantados with levantaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: levantados is [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪að̞os] while levantaron is [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levantados is recorded at frequency rank #33,689, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪að̞os]. levantaron is at rank #13,085, tagged as averb, pronounced [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾõn].

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 46774, this pair ranks #123,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of levantados vs levantaron

Shared letters: aelnotv. Private to "levantados": ds. Private to "levantaron": r.

"levantados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC  ·  "levantaron" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levantados ← elvantados · leavntados · lebantados · levanatdos · levanntados · levantaddos · levantadoss · levantadso
  • levantaron ← elvantaron · leavntaron · lebantaron · levanatron · levanntaron · levantaorn · levantarno · levantaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "levantados" for "levantaron" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "levantados" is a participle and "levantaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "levantados" or "levantaron"?
"levantaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,085 in our Spanish list, against #33,689 for "levantados". 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 "levantados" and "levantaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "levantados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "levantaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levantados" and "levantaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levantados 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 #123,821 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