Which to use
“llevado” and “llévate” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,943
- “llevado” frequency rank
- #22,412
- “llévate” frequency rank
- 24355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | llevado | llévate |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de llevar o de llevarse. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de llevarse (con el pronombre enclítico). |
Where the eye mixes llevado and llévate
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. llevado and llévate follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between llevado and llévate
A purely visual mix-up. llevado ([ʝeˈβ̞að̞o]) and llévate ([ˈʝeβ̞at̪e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24355, 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]. 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 24355, this pair ranks #241,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of llevado vs llévate
Shared letters: aelv. Private to "llevado": do. Private to "llévate": té.
"llevado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "llévate" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- llevado ← lelvado · levado · lleavdo · llebado · llevaddo · llevaod · llevdao · llevvado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "llevado" and "llévate" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "llevado" or "llévate"?
Useful next steps
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 "llévate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "llevado" 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 #241,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.