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

#6,080
“llevaban” frequency rank
#49,766
“llevarás” frequency rank
55846
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevaban llevarás
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llevar. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llevaban and llevarás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llevaban and llevarás follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
llevaban
8 ch
llevarás

Why the eye confuses llevaban with llevarás

A purely visual mix-up. llevaban ([ʝeˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]) and llevarás ([ʝeβ̞aˈɾas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevaban is recorded at frequency rank #6,080, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]. llevarás is at rank #49,766, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeβ̞aˈɾas].

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 55846, this pair ranks #77,081 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of llevaban vs llevarás

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "llevaban": bn. Private to "llevarás": rsá.

"llevaban" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "llevarás" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevaban ← lelvaban · levaban · lleavban · llebaban · llevaabn · llevabann · llevabban · llevabna

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "llevaban" and "llevarás" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈβ̞aβ̞ãn] versus [ʝeβ̞aˈɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llevaban" or "llevarás" show up more?
"llevaban" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,080 in our Spanish list, against #49,766 for "llevarás". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevarás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,081 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevaban" and "llevarás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevabas 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 #77,081 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