Which to use
“llevado” and “llevando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,943
- “llevado” frequency rank
- #3,268
- “llevando” frequency rank
- 5211
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llevado | llevando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de llevar o de llevarse. | Gerundio de llevar. |
Where the eye mixes llevado and llevando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: llevado vs llevando
A purely visual mix-up. llevado ([ʝeˈβ̞að̞o]) and llevando ([ʝeˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o]) 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 5211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
llevado is recorded at frequency rank #1,943, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞o]. llevando is at rank #3,268, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o].
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 5211, this pair ranks #314,212 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of llevado vs llevando
Shared letters: adelov. Private to "llevado": -. Private to "llevando": n.
"llevado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "llevando" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "llevado" for "llevando" ever safe?
Frequency check: "llevado" vs "llevando" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "llevado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "llevando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,212 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llevado" and "llevando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevado vs llevase". 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 #314,212 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.