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“llegadas” and “llevada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,550
“llegadas” frequency rank
#7,033
“llevada” frequency rank
31583
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llegadas llevada
Definition Forma del femenino plural de llegado, participio de llegar o de llegarse. Forma del femenino de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llegadas and llevada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
llegadas
7 ch
llevada

Why the eye confuses llegadas with llevada

A purely visual mix-up. llegadas ([ʝeˈɣ̞að̞as]) and llevada ([ʝeˈβ̞að̞a]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31583, 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]. llevada is at rank #7,033, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞a].

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 31583, this pair ranks #206,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llegadas vs llevada

Shared letters: adel. Private to "llegadas": gs. Private to "llevada": v.

"llegadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "llevada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llegadaslegadas · lelgadas · lleagdas · llegaads · llegadass · llegaddas · llegadsa · llegdaas
  • llevadalelvada · levada · lleavda · llebada · llevaad · llevadda · llevdaa · llevvada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llegadas" and "llevada" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈɣ̞að̞as] versus [ʝeˈβ̞að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "llegadas" vs "llevada" - which ranks higher?
"llevada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,033 in our Spanish list, against #24,550 for "llegadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "llegadas" and "llevada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llegadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #206,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llegadas" and "llevada" 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 #206,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list