llamadavsllevadaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: llamada is a noun, llevada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“llamada” is a noun and “llevada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#865
“llamada” frequency rank
#7,033
“llevada” frequency rank
7898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llamada llevada
Definition Acción o efecto de llamar Forma del femenino de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llamada and llevada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
llamada
7 ch
llevada

Look-alike desk: llamada vs llevada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llamada is [ʝaˈmað̞a] while llevada is [ʝeˈβ̞að̞a]. 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 (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llamada is recorded at frequency rank #865, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʝaˈmað̞a]. llevada is at rank #7,033, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞a].

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 7898, this pair ranks #306,596 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of llamada vs llevada

Shared letters: adl. Private to "llamada": m. Private to "llevada": ev.

"llamada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "llevada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llamadalalmada · lamada · llaamda · llamaad · llamadda · llamdaa · llammada · llmaada
  • llevadalelvada · levada · lleavda · llebada · llevaad · llevadda · llevdaa · llevvada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llamada" and "llevada" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "llamada" is a noun and "llevada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "llamada" vs "llevada" - which ranks higher?
"llamada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #865 in our Spanish list, against #7,033 for "llevada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "llamada" and "llevada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llamada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #306,596 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llamada" and "llevada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevada vs llevarás". 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 #306,596 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