llenamosvsllevadosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: llenamos is a verb, llevados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“llenamos” is a verb and “llevados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,596
“llenamos” frequency rank
#9,674
“llevados” frequency rank
45270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llenamos llevados
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de llenar. Forma del plural de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llenamos and llevados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llenamos and llevados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
llenamos
8 ch
llevados

Why the eye confuses llenamos with llevados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llenamos is [ʝeˈnamos] while llevados is [ʝeˈβ̞að̞os]. 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 45270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llenamos is recorded at frequency rank #35,596, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈnamos]. llevados is at rank #9,674, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞os].

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 45270, this pair ranks #132,409 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llenamos vs llevados

Shared letters: aelos. Private to "llenamos": mn. Private to "llevados": dv.

"llenamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "llevados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llenamos ← lelnamos · lenamos · lleanmos · llenammos · llenamoss · llenamso · llenaoms · llenmaos
  • llevados ← lelvados · levados · lleavdos · llebados · llevaddos · llevadoss · llevadso · llevaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llenamos" and "llevados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "llenamos" is a verb and "llevados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "llenamos" vs "llevados" - which ranks higher?
"llevados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,674 in our Spanish list, against #35,596 for "llenamos". 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 "llenamos" and "llevados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llenamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,409 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llenamos" and "llevados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leamos vs llenamos". 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 #132,409 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