levasvsllevanTell them apart

Quick tell: levas is a noun, llevan is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“levas” is a noun and “llevan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,108
“levas” frequency rank
#1,515
“llevan” frequency rank
44623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levas llevan
Definition Forma del plural de leva. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes levas and llevan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
levas
6 ch
llevan

Look-alike desk: levas vs llevan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: levas is [ˈleβ̞as] while llevan is [ˈʝeβ̞ãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levas is recorded at frequency rank #43,108, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈleβ̞as]. llevan is at rank #1,515, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞ãn].

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 44623, this pair ranks #136,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of levas vs llevan

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "levas": s. Private to "llevan": n.

"levas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "llevan" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levaselvas · leavs · lebas · levass · levsa · levvas · lveas
  • llevanlelvan · levan · lleavn · lleban · llevann · llevna · llevvan · llvean

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "levas" and "llevan" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "levas" is a noun and "llevan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "levas" or "llevan"?
"llevan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,515 in our Spanish list, against #43,108 for "levas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "levas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levas" and "llevan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lens vs levas". 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 #136,027 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