Which to use
“llegan” and “llegar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,737
- “llegan” frequency rank
- #341
- “llegar” frequency rank
- 2078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegan | llegar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. | Acción de terminar un viaje o movimiento porque se ha alcanzado el destino. |
Where the eye mixes llegan and llegar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llegan and llegar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between llegan and llegar
A purely visual mix-up. llegan ([ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]) and llegar ([ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]) 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 - n in “llegan” becomes r in “llegar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llegan is recorded at frequency rank #1,737, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]. llegar is at rank #341, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ].
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 2078, this pair ranks #321,020 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llegan vs llegar
Shared letters: aegl. Private to "llegan": n. Private to "llegar": r.
"llegan" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "llegar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "llegan" and "llegar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llegan" or "llegar" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "llegan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llegar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,020 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegan" and "llegar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llegan vs llegasen". 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 #321,020 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.