llevabasvsllevaráTell them apart

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

#43,111
“llevabas” frequency rank
#3,937
“llevará” frequency rank
47048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevabas llevará
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llevar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llevabas and llevará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llevabas runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against llevará's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
llevabas
7 ch
llevará

Visual trap between llevabas and llevará

A purely visual mix-up. llevabas ([ʝeˈβ̞aβ̞as]) and llevará ([ʝeβ̞aˈɾa]) 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 47048, 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]. llevará is at rank #3,937, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeβ̞aˈɾa].

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 47048, this pair ranks #122,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llevabas vs llevará

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "llevabas": bs. Private to "llevará": rá.

"llevabas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "llevará" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevabas ← lelvabas · levabas · lleavbas · llebabas · llevaabs · llevabass · llevabbas · llevabsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llevabas" and "llevará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈβ̞aβ̞as] versus [ʝeβ̞aˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "llevabas" or "llevará"?
"llevará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,937 in our Spanish list, against #43,111 for "llevabas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevabas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #122,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevabas" and "llevará" 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 #122,255 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