Which to use
“llegados” and “llevadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,857
- “llegados” frequency rank
- #12,416
- “llevadas” frequency rank
- 25273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegados | llevadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de llegado, participio de llegar o de llegarse. | Forma del femenino plural de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegados and llevadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llegados and llevadas 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 llevadas
A purely visual mix-up. llegados ([ʝeˈɣ̞að̞os]) and llevadas ([ʝeˈβ̞að̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25273, 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]. llevadas is at rank #12,416, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞as].
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 25273, this pair ranks #237,217 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of llegados vs llevadas
Shared letters: adels. Private to "llegados": go. Private to "llevadas": v.
"llegados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "llevadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "llegados" for "llevadas" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llegados" or "llevadas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "llegados" and "llevadas" 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 "llevadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,217 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegados" and "llevadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevadas 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 #237,217 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.