Which to use
“llegaba” and “llevará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,981
- “llegaba” frequency rank
- #3,937
- “llevará” frequency rank
- 9918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegaba | llevará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegaba and llevará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses llegaba with llevará
A purely visual mix-up. llegaba ([ʝeˈɣ̞aβ̞a]) and llevará ([ʝeβ̞aˈɾa]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llegaba is recorded at frequency rank #5,981, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞aβ̞a]. llevará is at rank #3,937, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeβ̞aˈɾa].
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 9918, this pair ranks #300,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llegaba vs llevará
Shared letters: ael. Private to "llegaba": bg. Private to "llevará": rvá.
"llegaba" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "llevará" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- llegaba ← legaba · lelgaba · lleagba · llegaab · llegabba · llegava · llegbaa · lleggaba
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "llegaba" for "llevará" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llegaba" or "llevará" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "llegaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llevará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegaba" and "llevará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevará 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 #300,421 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.