Which to use
“llegadas” and “llegados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,550
- “llegadas” frequency rank
- #12,857
- “llegados” frequency rank
- 37407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegadas | llegados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de llegado, participio de llegar o de llegarse. | Forma del plural de llegado, participio de llegar o de llegarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegadas and llegados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: llegadas vs llegados
A purely visual mix-up. llegadas ([ʝeˈɣ̞að̞as]) and llegados ([ʝeˈɣ̞að̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “llegadas” becomes o in “llegados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llegadas is recorded at frequency rank #24,550, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞as]. llegados is at rank #12,857, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 37407, this pair ranks #175,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of llegadas vs llegados
Shared letters: adegls. Private to "llegadas": -. Private to "llegados": o.
"llegadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "llegados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "llegadas" and "llegados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "llegadas" vs "llegados" - which ranks higher?
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 "llegadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llegados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegadas" and "llegados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llegadas 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 #175,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.