llegamosvsllenamosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,267
“llegamos” frequency rank
#35,596
“llenamos” frequency rank
38863
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llegamos llenamos
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 indicativo de llenar.

Where the eye mixes llegamos and llenamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. llegamos and llenamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
llegamos
8 ch
llenamos

Visual trap between llegamos and llenamos

A purely visual mix-up. llegamos ([ʝeˈɣ̞amos]) and llenamos ([ʝeˈnamos]) 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 a single letter - g in “llegamos” becomes n in “llenamos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38863, 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]. llenamos is at rank #35,596, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈnamos].

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 38863, this pair ranks #167,685 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llegamos vs llenamos

Shared letters: aelmos. Private to "llegamos": g. Private to "llenamos": n.

"llegamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "llenamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llegamos ← legamos · lelgamos · lleagmos · llegammos · llegamoss · llegamso · llegaoms · lleggamos
  • llenamos ← lelnamos · lenamos · lleanmos · llenammos · llenamoss · llenamso · llenaoms · llenmaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "llegamos" for "llenamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈɣ̞amos] versus [ʝeˈnamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "llegamos" or "llenamos"?
"llegamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,267 in our Spanish list, against #35,596 for "llenamos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "llegamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llenamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,685 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llegamos" and "llenamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leamos vs llenamos". 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 #167,685 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