llévamevsllevarTell them apart

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

#27,669
“llévame” frequency rank
#612
“llevar” frequency rank
28281
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llévame llevar
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de llevar (con el pronombre «me» enclítico); solicitud para que mi interlocutor me lleve a mí o lleve algo para mí. Trasladar algo o a alguien desde un lugar hacia otro separado en el espacio.

Where the eye mixes llévame and llevar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. llévame runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against llevar's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
llévame
6 ch
llevar

Look-alike desk: llévame vs llevar

A purely visual mix-up. llévame ([ˈʝeβ̞ame]) and llevar ([ʝeˈβ̞aɾ]) 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 28281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llévame is recorded at frequency rank #27,669, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞ame]. llevar is at rank #612, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞aɾ].

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 28281, this pair ranks #222,763 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llévame vs llevar

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "llévame": mé. Private to "llevar": r.

"llévame" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "llevar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevar ← lelvar · levar · lleavr · llebar · llevarr · llevra · llevvar · llvear

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llévame" and "llevar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʝeβ̞ame] versus [ʝeˈβ̞aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "llévame" or "llevar"?
"llevar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #612 in our Spanish list, against #27,669 for "llévame". 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 "llévame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #222,763 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llévame" and "llevar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llévame 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 #222,763 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