Which to use
“llaga” is a noun and “llegar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,593
- “llaga” frequency rank
- #341
- “llegar” frequency rank
- 35934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llaga | llegar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lesión de la piel, o membrana mucosa abierta con forma de cráter, que aparece al perder tejido, con escasa o nula tendencia a cicatrizar. | Acción de terminar un viaje o movimiento porque se ha alcanzado el destino. |
Where the eye mixes llaga and llegar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. llaga runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against llegar's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: llaga vs llegar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llaga is [ˈʝaɣ̞a] while llegar is [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]. 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 35934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llaga is recorded at frequency rank #35,593, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʝaɣ̞a]. llegar is at rank #341, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ].
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 35934, this pair ranks #183,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of llaga vs llegar
Shared letters: agl. Private to "llaga": -. Private to "llegar": er.
"llaga" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "llegar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "llaga" for "llegar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "llaga" or "llegar"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "llaga" and "llegar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "llaga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llegar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llaga" and "llegar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lapa vs llaga". 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 #183,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.