Which to use
“llegamos” and “llevamos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,267
- “llegamos” frequency rank
- #3,798
- “llevamos” frequency rank
- 7065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegamos | llevamos |
|---|---|---|
| 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 llevar o de llevarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegamos and llevamos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. llegamos and llevamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between llegamos and llevamos
A purely visual mix-up. llegamos ([ʝeˈɣ̞amos]) and llevamos ([ʝeˈβ̞amos]) 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 v in “llevamos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7065, 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]. llevamos is at rank #3,798, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞amos].
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 7065, this pair ranks #309,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llegamos vs llevamos
Shared letters: aelmos. Private to "llegamos": g. Private to "llevamos": v.
"llegamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "llevamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "llegamos" for "llevamos" ever safe?
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What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "llegamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llevamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegamos" and "llevamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevamos 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 #309,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.