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

#8,676
“llevaría” frequency rank
#25,339
“llevarían” frequency rank
34015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevaría llevarían
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de llevar o de llevarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del condicional de llevar.

Where the eye mixes llevaría and llevarían

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. llevaría runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against llevarían's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
llevaría
9 ch
llevarían

Why the eye confuses llevaría with llevarían

A purely visual mix-up. llevaría ([ʝeβ̞aˈɾia]) and llevarían ([ʝeβ̞aˈɾiãn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “llevaría” sits inside “llevarían”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevaría is recorded at frequency rank #8,676, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeβ̞aˈɾia]. llevarían is at rank #25,339, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeβ̞aˈɾiãn].

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 34015, this pair ranks #193,679 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llevaría vs llevarían

Shared letters: aelrví. Private to "llevaría": -. Private to "llevarían": n.

"llevaría" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV  ·  "llevarían" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "llevaría" for "llevarían" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeβ̞aˈɾia] versus [ʝeβ̞aˈɾiãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "llevaría" vs "llevarían" - which ranks higher?
"llevaría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,676 in our Spanish list, against #25,339 for "llevarían". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevaría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevarían" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,679 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevaría" and "llevarían" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevarás vs llevarían". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #193,679 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