Which to use
“llenado” is a verb and “llevada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,951
- “llenado” frequency rank
- #7,033
- “llevada” frequency rank
- 20984
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llenado | llevada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de llenar. | Forma del femenino de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse. |
Where the eye mixes llenado and llevada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llenado and llevada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses llenado with llevada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llenado is [ʝeˈnað̞o] while llevada is [ʝeˈβ̞að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llenado is recorded at frequency rank #13,951, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈnað̞o]. llevada is at rank #7,033, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞a].
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 20984, this pair ranks #256,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llenado vs llevada
Shared letters: adel. Private to "llenado": no. Private to "llevada": v.
"llenado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "llevada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "llenado" and "llevada" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llenado" or "llevada" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "llenado" and "llevada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "llenado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llevada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llenado" and "llevada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leñador vs llenado". 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 #256,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.