llevadavsllévateTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#7,033
“llevada” frequency rank
#22,412
“llévate” frequency rank
29445
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevada llévate
Definition Forma del femenino de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de llevarse (con el pronombre enclítico).

Where the eye mixes llevada and llévate

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
llevada
7 ch
llévate

Look-alike desk: llevada vs llévate

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llevada is [ʝeˈβ̞að̞a] while llévate is [ˈʝeβ̞at̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29445, 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]. llévate is at rank #22,412, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞at̪e].

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 29445, this pair ranks #216,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llevada vs llévate

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "llevada": d. Private to "llévate": .

"llevada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "llévate" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevadalelvada · levada · lleavda · llebada · llevaad · llevadda · llevdaa · llevvada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llevada" and "llévate" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "llevada" is a participle and "llévate" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llevada" or "llévate" show up more?
"llevada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,033 in our Spanish list, against #22,412 for "llévate". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "llevada" and "llévate" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llévate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevada" and "llévate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevase vs llévate". 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 #216,972 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