Which to use
“llegan” and “llegasen” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,737
- “llegan” frequency rank
- #48,510
- “llegasen” frequency rank
- 50247
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegan | llegasen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de llegar o de llegarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegan and llegasen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llegan runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against llegasen's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between llegan and llegasen
A purely visual mix-up. llegan ([ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]) and llegasen ([ʝeˈɣ̞asẽn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50247, 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]. llegasen is at rank #48,510, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞asẽn].
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 50247, this pair ranks #104,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of llegan vs llegasen
Shared letters: aegln. Private to "llegan": -. Private to "llegasen": s.
"llegan" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "llegasen" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "llegan" for "llegasen" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llegan" or "llegasen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "llegan" and "llegasen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "llegan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llegasen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegan" and "llegasen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llegasen vs llevase". 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 #104,262 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.