lle vs lleve, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“lle” is a pronoun and “lleve” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,136
“lle” frequency rank: #3,427
“lleve” frequency rank: 39563
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lle	lleve
Definition	Variante de le.	Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set lle and lleve apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

lle

5 ch

lleve

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lle is [ˈʝe] while lleve is [ˈʝeβ̞e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “lle” sits inside “lleve”, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lle is recorded at frequency rank #36,136, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈʝe]. lleve is at rank #3,427, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞e].

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 39563, this pair ranks #163,818 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lle vs lleve

Shared letters: el. Private to "lle": -. Private to "lleve": v.

"lle" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "lleve" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

lleve ← lelve · llebe · lleev · llevve · llvee

Frequency comparison

lle#36,136

lleve#3,427

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lle" and "lleve" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lle" is a pronoun and "lleve" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "lle" or "lleve"?

"lleve" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,427 in our Spanish list, against #36,136 for "lle". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering lle vs lleve

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a pronoun, it's “lle”; for a verb, it's “lleve”.
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