Which to use
“llevabas” is a verb and “llevados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,111
- “llevabas” frequency rank
- #9,674
- “llevados” frequency rank
- 52785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llevabas | llevados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llevar. | Forma del plural de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse. |
Where the eye mixes llevabas and llevados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llevabas and llevados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: llevabas vs llevados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llevabas is [ʝeˈβ̞aβ̞as] 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 52785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llevabas is recorded at frequency rank #43,111, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞aβ̞as]. 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 52785, this pair ranks #91,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of llevabas vs llevados
Shared letters: aelsv. Private to "llevabas": b. Private to "llevados": do.
"llevabas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "llevados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "llevabas" for "llevados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "llevabas" vs "llevados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "llevabas" and "llevados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "llevabas" 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 #91,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llevabas" and "llevados" 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 #91,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.