Which to use
“llana” is a noun and “llenar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,431
- “llana” frequency rank
- #4,173
- “llenar” frequency rank
- 32604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llana | llenar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En albañilería, cuchara rectangular y plana, con mango en una de sus caras, que se utiliza para aplanar mezcla sobre un muro o piso.Puede estar hecha de metal, de madera o sus combinaciones. También puede ser dentada para dosificar la cantidad de mezcla aplicada. | Ocupar con alguna cosa un espacio vacío de cualquier especie. |
Where the eye mixes llana and llenar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. llana runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against llenar's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses llana with llenar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llana is [ˈʝana] while llenar is [ʝeˈnaɾ]. 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 32604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llana is recorded at frequency rank #28,431, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʝana]. llenar is at rank #4,173, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈnaɾ].
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 32604, this pair ranks #201,120 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of llana vs llenar
Shared letters: aln. Private to "llana": -. Private to "llenar": er.
"llana" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "llenar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "llana" for "llenar" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llana" or "llenar" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "llana" and "llenar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "llana" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llenar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,120 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llana" and "llenar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llana vs llené". 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 #201,120 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.