Which to use
“llegados” is a participle and “llenado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,857
- “llegados” frequency rank
- #13,951
- “llenado” frequency rank
- 26808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegados | llenado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de llegado, participio de llegar o de llegarse. | Participio de llenar. |
Where the eye mixes llegados and llenado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llegados runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against llenado's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: llegados vs llenado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llegados is [ʝeˈɣ̞að̞os] while llenado is [ʝeˈnað̞o]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26808, 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]. llenado is at rank #13,951, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈnað̞o].
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 26808, this pair ranks #229,844 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of llegados vs llenado
Shared letters: adelo. Private to "llegados": gs. Private to "llenado": n.
"llegados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "llenado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "llegados" and "llenado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "llegados" or "llenado"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "llegados" and "llenado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "llegados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llenado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,844 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegados" and "llenado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leñador vs llenado". 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 #229,844 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.