Which to use
“llegado” is an adjective and “llegaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,091
- “llegado” frequency rank
- #1,778
- “llegaron” frequency rank
- 2869
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegado | llegaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cercano. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegado and llegaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llegado runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against llegaron's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses llegado with llegaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llegado is [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞o] while llegaron is [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾõn]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llegado is recorded at frequency rank #1,091, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞o]. llegaron is at rank #1,778, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾõn].
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 2869, this pair ranks #319,493 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llegado vs llegaron
Shared letters: aeglo. Private to "llegado": d. Private to "llegaron": nr.
"llegado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "llegaron" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "llegado" and "llegaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "llegado" vs "llegaron" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "llegado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llegaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,493 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegado" and "llegaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llegaron vs llegasen". 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 #319,493 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.