llegasevsllegueWhat's the difference?

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

#21,387
“llegase” frequency rank
#1,779
“llegue” frequency rank
23166
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llegase llegue
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de llegar o de llegarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de llegar o de llegarse.

Where the eye mixes llegase and llegue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llegase 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
llegase
6 ch
llegue

Visual trap between llegase and llegue

A purely visual mix-up. llegase ([ʝeˈɣ̞ase]) 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 23166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llegase is recorded at frequency rank #21,387, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈɣ̞ase]. 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 23166, this pair ranks #247,077 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of llegase vs llegue

Shared letters: egl. Private to "llegase": as. Private to "llegue": u.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llegase ← legase · lelgase · lleagse · llegace · llegaes · llegasse · lleggase · llegsae
  • llegue ← legue · lelgue · llegeu · lleggue · lleuge · llgeue

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "llegase" and "llegue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈɣ̞ase] versus [ˈʝeɣ̞e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llegase" or "llegue" show up more?
"llegue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,779 in our Spanish list, against #21,387 for "llegase". 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 "llegase" 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 #247,077 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llegase" and "llegue" 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 #247,077 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