Which to use
“llegada” is a noun and “llevadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,864
- “llegada” frequency rank
- #12,416
- “llevadas” frequency rank
- 14280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegada | llevadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | El arribo de alguno a parte o sitio determinado. | Forma del femenino plural de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegada and llevadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: llegada vs llevadas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llegada is [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞a] while llevadas is [ʝeˈβ̞að̞as]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llegada is recorded at frequency rank #1,864, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞a]. llevadas is at rank #12,416, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞as].
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 14280, this pair ranks #284,736 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llegada vs llevadas
Shared letters: adel. Private to "llegada": g. Private to "llevadas": sv.
"llegada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "llevadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "llegada" and "llevadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llegada" or "llevadas" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "llegada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llevadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,736 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegada" and "llevadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevadas 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 #284,736 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.