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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "levantan" and "levantar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "levantan" vs "levantar" - which ranks higher?
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.