lleganvsllevasConfusable pair

Which to use

“llegan” and “llevas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,737
“llegan” frequency rank
#4,622
“llevas” frequency rank
6359
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llegan llevas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llegan and llevas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. llegan and llevas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
llegan
6 ch
llevas

Look-alike desk: llegan vs llevas

A purely visual mix-up. llegan ([ˈʝeɣ̞ãn]) and llevas ([ˈʝeβ̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6359, 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]. llevas is at rank #4,622, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞as].

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 6359, this pair ranks #310,998 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of llegan vs llevas

Shared letters: ael. Private to "llegan": gn. Private to "llevas": sv.

"llegan" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "llevas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llegan ← legan · lelgan · lleagn · llegann · lleggan · llegna · llgean
  • llevas ← lelvas · lleavs · llebas · llevass · llevsa · llevvas · llveas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "llegan" and "llevas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʝeɣ̞ãn] versus [ˈʝeβ̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llegan" or "llevas" show up more?
"llegan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,737 in our Spanish list, against #4,622 for "llevas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "llegan" and "llevas" 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 "llevas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #310,998 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llegan" and "llevas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevarás vs llevas". 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 #310,998 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