llamadosvsllamemosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: llamados is a participle, llamemos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“llamados” is a participle and “llamemos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,266
“llamados” frequency rank
#37,694
“llamemos” frequency rank
40960
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llamados llamemos
Definition Forma del plural de llamado, participio de llamar o de llamarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de llamar o de llamarse.

Where the eye mixes llamados and llamemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llamados and llamemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
llamados
8 ch
llamemos

Visual trap between llamados and llamemos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llamados is [ʝaˈmað̞os] while llamemos is [ʝaˈmemos]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llamados is recorded at frequency rank #3,266, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝaˈmað̞os]. llamemos is at rank #37,694, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝaˈmemos].

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 40960, this pair ranks #156,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llamados vs llamemos

Shared letters: almos. Private to "llamados": d. Private to "llamemos": e.

"llamados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "llamemos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llamados ← lalmados · lamados · llaamdos · llamaddos · llamadoss · llamadso · llamaods · llamdaos
  • llamemos ← lalmemos · lamemos · llaemmos · llamemmos · llamemoss · llamemso · llameoms · llammemos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llamados" and "llamemos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "llamados" is a participle and "llamemos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "llamados" or "llamemos"?
"llamados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,266 in our Spanish list, against #37,694 for "llamemos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "llamados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llamemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #156,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llamados" and "llamemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llamaremos vs llamemos". 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 #156,262 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