Which to use
“llegados” is a participle and “llegaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,857
- “llegados” frequency rank
- #1,778
- “llegaron” frequency rank
- 14635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegados | llegaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de llegado, participio de llegar o de llegarse. | 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 llegados and llegaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llegados and llegaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between llegados and llegaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llegados is [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞os] while llegaron is [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llegados is recorded at frequency rank #12,857, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞os]. 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 14635, this pair ranks #283,360 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llegados vs llegaron
Shared letters: aeglo. Private to "llegados": ds. Private to "llegaron": nr.
"llegados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "llegaron" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "llegados" and "llegaron" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llegados" or "llegaron" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "llegados" 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 #283,360 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegados" 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 #283,360 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.