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

#13,280
“llenando” frequency rank
#1,943
“llevado” frequency rank
15223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llenando llevado
Definition Gerundio de llenar. Participio de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llenando and llevado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llenando runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against llevado's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
llenando
7 ch
llevado

Look-alike desk: llenando vs llevado

A purely visual mix-up. llenando ([ʝeˈnãn̪d̪o]) and llevado ([ʝeˈβ̞að̞o]) 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 15223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llenando is recorded at frequency rank #13,280, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈnãn̪d̪o]. llevado is at rank #1,943, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞o].

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 15223, this pair ranks #281,049 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of llenando vs llevado

Shared letters: adelo. Private to "llenando": n. Private to "llevado": v.

"llenando" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV  ·  "llevado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llenando ← lelnando · lenando · lleanndo · llenadno · llenanddo · llenanndo · llenanod · llennado
  • llevado ← lelvado · levado · lleavdo · llebado · llevaddo · llevaod · llevdao · llevvado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "llenando" for "llevado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈnãn̪d̪o] versus [ʝeˈβ̞að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "llenando" or "llevado"?
"llevado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,943 in our Spanish list, against #13,280 for "llenando". 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 "llenando" and "llevado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llenando" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,049 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llenando" and "llevado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevado vs llevase". 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 #281,049 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