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Which to use

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

#31,420
“llegaré” frequency rank
#1,779
“llegue” frequency rank
33199
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llegaré llegue
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de llegar o de llegarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de llegar o de llegarse.

Where the eye mixes llegaré and llegue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. llegaré runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against llegue's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
llegaré
6 ch
llegue

Visual trap between llegaré and llegue

A purely visual mix-up. llegaré ([ʝeɣ̞aˈɾe]) and llegue ([ˈʝeɣ̞e]) 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 33199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llegaré is recorded at frequency rank #31,420, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeɣ̞aˈɾe]. llegue is at rank #1,779, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeɣ̞e].

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 33199, this pair ranks #198,083 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llegaré vs llegue

Shared letters: egl. Private to "llegaré": aré. Private to "llegue": u.

"llegaré" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "llegue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llegue ← legue · lelgue · llegeu · lleggue · lleuge · llgeue

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "llegaré" and "llegue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeɣ̞aˈɾe] versus [ˈʝeɣ̞e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "llegaré" or "llegue"?
"llegue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,779 in our Spanish list, against #31,420 for "llegaré". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "llegaré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llegue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #198,083 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llegaré" and "llegue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llegaré 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 #198,083 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