Which to use
“llegan” and “llevan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,737
- “llegan” frequency rank
- #1,515
- “llevan” frequency rank
- 3252
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegan | llevan |
|---|---|---|
| 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 presente de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegan and llevan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llegan and llevan 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 llevan
A purely visual mix-up. llegan ([ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]) and llevan ([ˈʝeβ̞ãn]) 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 “llegan” becomes v in “llevan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3252, 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]. llevan is at rank #1,515, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞ãn].
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 3252, this pair ranks #318,710 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llegan vs llevan
Shared letters: aeln. Private to "llegan": g. Private to "llevan": v.
"llegan" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "llevan" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "llegan" and "llevan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llegan" or "llevan" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "llegan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llevan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,710 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegan" and "llevan" 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 #318,710 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.