llevadovsllevaronTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,943
“llevado” frequency rank
#2,673
“llevaron” frequency rank
4616
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevado llevaron
Definition Participio de llevar o de llevarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llevado and llevaron

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

7 ch
llevado
8 ch
llevaron

Visual trap between llevado and llevaron

A purely visual mix-up. llevado ([ʝeˈβ̞að̞o]) and llevaron ([ʝeˈβ̞aɾõn]) 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 4616, 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]. llevaron is at rank #2,673, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞aɾõn].

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 4616, this pair ranks #315,659 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of llevado vs llevaron

Shared letters: aelov. Private to "llevado": d. Private to "llevaron": nr.

"llevado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "llevaron" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevadolelvado · levado · lleavdo · llebado · llevaddo · llevaod · llevdao · llevvado
  • llevaronlelvaron · levaron · lleavron · llebaron · llevaorn · llevarno · llevaronn · llevarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "llevado" and "llevaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈβ̞að̞o] versus [ʝeˈβ̞aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llevado" or "llevaron" show up more?
"llevado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,943 in our Spanish list, against #2,673 for "llevaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #315,659 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevado" and "llevaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevarás vs llevaron". 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 #315,659 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