Which to use
“llenaban” and “llenará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,695
- “llenaban” frequency rank
- #37,696
- “llenará” frequency rank
- 75391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llenaban | llenará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llenar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de llenar. |
Where the eye mixes llenaban and llenará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llenaban runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against llenará's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: llenaban vs llenará
A purely visual mix-up. llenaban ([ʝeˈnaβ̞ãn]) and llenará ([ʝenaˈɾa]) 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 75391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llenaban is recorded at frequency rank #37,695, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈnaβ̞ãn]. llenará is at rank #37,696, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝenaˈɾa].
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 75391, this pair ranks #19,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of llenaban vs llenará
Shared letters: aeln. Private to "llenaban": b. Private to "llenará": rá.
"llenaban" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "llenará" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- llenaban ← lelnaban · lenaban · lleanban · llenaabn · llenabann · llenabban · llenabna · llenavan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "llenaban" and "llenará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llenaban" or "llenará" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "llenaban" and "llenará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "llenaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llenará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llenaban" and "llenará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llenará 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 #19,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.