llevadosvslleváisWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#9,674
“llevados” frequency rank
#34,194
“lleváis” frequency rank
43868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevados lleváis
Definition Forma del plural de llevado, participio de llevar o de llevarse. Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llevados and lleváis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llevados runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against lleváis's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
llevados
7 ch
lleváis

Visual trap between llevados and lleváis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: llevados is [ʝeˈβ̞að̞os] while lleváis is [ʝeˈβ̞ajs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 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 43868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevados is recorded at frequency rank #9,674, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞að̞os]. lleváis is at rank #34,194, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞ajs].

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 43868, this pair ranks #140,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llevados vs lleváis

Shared letters: elsv. Private to "llevados": ado. Private to "lleváis": iá.

"llevados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "lleváis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevados ← lelvados · levados · lleavdos · llebados · llevaddos · llevadoss · llevadso · llevaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "llevados" for "lleváis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "llevados" is a participle and "lleváis" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "llevados" or "lleváis"?
"llevados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,674 in our Spanish list, against #34,194 for "lleváis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lleváis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevados" and "lleváis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lleváis 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 #140,216 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