Which to use
“llegará” and “llegase” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,353
- “llegará” frequency rank
- #21,387
- “llegase” frequency rank
- 25740
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llegará | llegase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de llegar o de llegarse. |
Where the eye mixes llegará and llegase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llegará and llegase follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: llegará vs llegase
A purely visual mix-up. llegará ([ʝeɣ̞aˈɾa]) and llegase ([ʝeˈɣ̞ase]) 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 25740, 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]. llegase is at rank #21,387, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞ase].
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 25740, this pair ranks #235,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of llegará vs llegase
Shared letters: aegl. Private to "llegará": rá. Private to "llegase": s.
"llegará" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "llegase" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- llegase ← legase · lelgase · lleagse · llegace · llegaes · llegasse · lleggase · llegsae
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "llegará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llegase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llegará" and "llegase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llegase 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 #235,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.