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

#3,267
“llegamos” frequency rank
#17,749
“lleguemos” frequency rank
21016
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llegamos lleguemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de llegar o de llegarse.

Where the eye mixes llegamos and lleguemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. llegamos runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against lleguemos's 9 (CCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
llegamos
9 ch
lleguemos

Visual trap between llegamos and lleguemos

A purely visual mix-up. llegamos ([ʝeˈɣ̞amos]) and lleguemos ([ʝeˈɣ̞emos]) 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 21016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llegamos is recorded at frequency rank #3,267, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞amos]. lleguemos is at rank #17,749, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞emos].

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 21016, this pair ranks #256,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of llegamos vs lleguemos

Shared letters: eglmos. Private to "llegamos": a. Private to "lleguemos": u.

"llegamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "lleguemos" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llegamos ← legamos · lelgamos · lleagmos · llegammos · llegamoss · llegamso · llegaoms · lleggamos
  • lleguemos ← leguemos · lelguemos · llegeumos · llegguemos · lleguemmos · lleguemoss · lleguemso · llegueoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llegamos" and "lleguemos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈɣ̞amos] versus [ʝeˈɣ̞emos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "llegamos" vs "lleguemos" - which ranks higher?
"llegamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,267 in our Spanish list, against #17,749 for "lleguemos". 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 "llegamos" and "lleguemos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llegamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lleguemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #256,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llegamos" and "lleguemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leamos vs llegamos". 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 #256,773 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