llevadasvsllevasWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#12,416
“llevadas” frequency rank
#4,622
“llevas” frequency rank
17038
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevadas llevas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llevadas and llevas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
llevadas
6 ch
llevas

Look-alike desk: llevadas vs llevas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llevadas is [ʝeˈβ̞að̞as] while llevas is [ˈʝeβ̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 17038, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevadas is recorded at frequency rank #12,416, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞as]. llevas is at rank #4,622, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞as].

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 17038, this pair ranks #273,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of llevadas vs llevas

Shared letters: aelsv. Private to "llevadas": d. Private to "llevas": -.

"llevadas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "llevas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevadaslelvadas · levadas · lleavdas · llebadas · llevaads · llevadass · llevaddas · llevadsa
  • llevaslelvas · lleavs · llebas · llevass · llevsa · llevvas · llveas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llevadas" and "llevas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "llevadas" is a participle and "llevas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "llevadas" or "llevas"?
"llevas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,622 in our Spanish list, against #12,416 for "llevadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevadas" and "llevas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevadas 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 #273,787 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