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“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.

8 ch
llegamos
8 ch
llevamos

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

  • llegamos ← legamos · lelgamos · lleagmos · llegammos · llegamoss · llegamso · llegaoms · lleggamos
  • llevamos ← lelvamos · levamos · lleavmos · llebamos · llevammos · llevamoss · llevamso · llevaoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "llegamos" for "llevamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈɣ̞amos] versus [ʝeˈβ̞amos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "llegamos" or "llevamos"?
"llegamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,267 in our Spanish list, against #3,798 for "llevamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list