llevadovsllévateTell them apart

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“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.

7 ch
llevado
7 ch
llévate

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?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈβ̞að̞o] versus [ˈʝeβ̞at̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "llevado" or "llévate"?
"llevado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,943 in our Spanish list, against #22,412 for "llévate". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list