llevadavsllevarConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#7,033
“llevada” frequency rank
#612
“llevar” frequency rank
7645
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevada llevar
Definition Forma del femenino de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse. Trasladar algo o a alguien desde un lugar hacia otro separado en el espacio.

Where the eye mixes llevada and llevar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
llevada
6 ch
llevar

Look-alike desk: llevada vs llevar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llevada is [ʝeˈβ̞að̞a] while llevar is [ʝeˈβ̞aɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevada is recorded at frequency rank #7,033, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞a]. llevar is at rank #612, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞aɾ].

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 7645, this pair ranks #307,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of llevada vs llevar

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "llevada": d. Private to "llevar": r.

"llevada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "llevar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevadalelvada · levada · lleavda · llebada · llevaad · llevadda · llevdaa · llevvada
  • llevarlelvar · levar · lleavr · llebar · llevarr · llevra · llevvar · llvear

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llevada" and "llevar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "llevada" is a participle and "llevar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "llevada" or "llevar"?
"llevar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #612 in our Spanish list, against #7,033 for "llevada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #307,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevada" and "llevar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevada 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 #307,370 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