Which to use
“llegará” and “llegaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,353
- “llegará” frequency rank
- #1,778
- “llegaron” frequency rank
- 6131
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegará | llegaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegará and llegaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llegará runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against llegaron's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses llegará with llegaron
A purely visual mix-up. llegará ([ʝeɣ̞aˈɾa]) and llegaron ([ʝeˈɣ̞aɾõn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llegará is recorded at frequency rank #4,353, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeɣ̞aˈɾa]. llegaron is at rank #1,778, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞aɾõn].
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 6131, this pair ranks #311,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llegará vs llegaron
Shared letters: aeglr. Private to "llegará": á. Private to "llegaron": no.
"llegará" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "llegaron" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- llegaron ← legaron · lelgaron · lleagron · llegaorn · llegarno · llegaronn · llegarron · lleggaron
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "llegará" for "llegaron" ever safe?
Which is more common, "llegará" or "llegaron"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "llegará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llegaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegará" and "llegaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llegará 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 #311,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.