llévamevsllevaseTell them apart

Which to use

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

#27,669
“llévame” frequency rank
#36,137
“llevase” frequency rank
63806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llévame llevase
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. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llévame and llevase

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. llévame and llevase follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
llévame
7 ch
llevase

Look-alike desk: llévame vs llevase

A purely visual mix-up. llévame ([ˈʝeβ̞ame]) and llevase ([ʝeˈβ̞ase]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63806, 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]. llevase is at rank #36,137, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞ase].

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 63806, this pair ranks #47,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of llévame vs llevase

Shared letters: aelv. Private to "llévame": mé. Private to "llevase": s.

"llévame" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "llevase" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevase ← lelvase · levase · lleavse · llebase · llevace · llevaes · llevasse · llevsae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "llévame" and "llevase" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʝeβ̞ame] versus [ʝeˈβ̞ase]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llévame" or "llevase" show up more?
"llévame" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,669 in our Spanish list, against #36,137 for "llevase". 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 "llévame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llévame" and "llevase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llegasen 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 #47,543 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