levantanvslevantarTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,605
“levantan” frequency rank
#3,263
“levantar” frequency rank
14868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levantan levantar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de levantar o de levantarse. Mover algo incrementando su altura.

Where the eye mixes levantan and levantar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. levantan and levantar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
levantan
8 ch
levantar

Visual trap between levantan and levantar

A purely visual mix-up. levantan ([leˈβ̞ãn̪t̪ãn]) and levantar ([leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) 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 a single letter - n in “levantan” becomes r in “levantar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levantan is recorded at frequency rank #11,605, classified as averb, pronounced [leˈβ̞ãn̪t̪ãn]. levantar is at rank #3,263, tagged as averb, pronounced [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ].

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 14868, this pair ranks #282,427 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of levantan vs levantar

Shared letters: aelntv. Private to "levantan": -. Private to "levantar": r.

"levantan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "levantar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levantan ← elvantan · leavntan · lebantan · levanatn · levanntan · levantann · levantna · levanttan
  • levantar ← elvantar · leavntar · lebantar · levanatr · levanntar · levantarr · levantra · levanttar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "levantan" and "levantar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([leˈβ̞ãn̪t̪ãn] versus [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "levantan" vs "levantar" - which ranks higher?
"levantar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,263 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 "levantan" and "levantar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "levantan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "levantar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #282,427 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levantan" and "levantar" 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 #282,427 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