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Which to use

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

#3,798
“llevamos” frequency rank
#29,282
“llevemos” frequency rank
33080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevamos llevemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llevamos and llevemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. llevamos and llevemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
llevamos
8 ch
llevemos

Why the eye confuses llevamos with llevemos

A purely visual mix-up. llevamos ([ʝeˈβ̞amos]) and llevemos ([ʝeˈβ̞emos]) 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 a single letter - a in “llevamos” becomes e in “llevemos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevamos is recorded at frequency rank #3,798, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞amos]. llevemos is at rank #29,282, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞emos].

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 33080, this pair ranks #198,685 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llevamos vs llevemos

Shared letters: elmosv. Private to "llevamos": a. Private to "llevemos": -.

"llevamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "llevemos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevamos ← lelvamos · levamos · lleavmos · llebamos · llevammos · llevamoss · llevamso · llevaoms
  • llevemos ← lelvemos · levemos · llebemos · lleevmos · llevemmos · llevemoss · llevemso · lleveoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "llevamos" and "llevemos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈβ̞amos] versus [ʝeˈβ̞emos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "llevamos" vs "llevemos" - which ranks higher?
"llevamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,798 in our Spanish list, against #29,282 for "llevemos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "llevamos" and "llevemos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #198,685 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevamos" and "llevemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llamemos vs llevemos". 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 #198,685 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