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“llamemos” and “llevemos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,694
“llamemos” frequency rank
#29,282
“llevemos” frequency rank
66976
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llamemos llevemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de llamar o de llamarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llamemos and llevemos

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

8 ch
llamemos
8 ch
llevemos

Visual trap between llamemos and llevemos

A purely visual mix-up. llamemos ([ʝaˈmemos]) and llevemos ([ʝeˈβ̞emos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66976, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llamemos is recorded at frequency rank #37,694, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝaˈmemos]. llevemos is at rank #29,282, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞emos].

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 66976, this pair ranks #38,357 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of llamemos vs llevemos

Shared letters: elmos. Private to "llamemos": a. Private to "llevemos": v.

"llamemos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "llevemos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llamemos ← lalmemos · lamemos · llaemmos · llamemmos · llamemoss · llamemso · llameoms · llammemos
  • llevemos ← lelvemos · levemos · llebemos · lleevmos · llevemmos · llevemoss · llevemso · lleveoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "llamemos" and "llevemos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ʝaˈmemos] versus [ʝeˈβ̞emos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "llamemos" vs "llevemos" - which ranks higher?
"llevemos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,282 in our Spanish list, against #37,694 for "llamemos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llamemos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,357 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llamemos" and "llevemos" 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 #38,357 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