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

#9,851
“llegaría” frequency rank
#8,676
“llevaría” frequency rank
18527
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llegaría llevaría
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de llegar o de llegarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llegaría and llevaría

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. llegaría and llevaría follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
llegaría
8 ch
llevaría

Why the eye confuses llegaría with llevaría

A purely visual mix-up. llegaría ([ʝeɣ̞aˈɾia]) and llevaría ([ʝeβ̞aˈɾia]) 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 “llegaría” becomes v in “llevaría”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18527, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llegaría is recorded at frequency rank #9,851, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeɣ̞aˈɾia]. llevaría is at rank #8,676, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeβ̞aˈɾia].

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 18527, this pair ranks #267,551 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of llegaría vs llevaría

Shared letters: aelrí. Private to "llegaría": g. Private to "llevaría": v.

"llegaría" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV  ·  "llevaría" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llegaría" and "llevaría" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeɣ̞aˈɾia] versus [ʝeβ̞aˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "llegaría" vs "llevaría" - which ranks higher?
"llevaría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,676 in our Spanish list, against #9,851 for "llegaría". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "llegaría" and "llevaría" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llegaría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevaría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #267,551 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llegaría" and "llevaría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevarás vs llevaría". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #267,551 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