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Which to use

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

#25,339
“llevarían” frequency rank
#2,673
“llevaron” frequency rank
28012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevarían llevaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del condicional de llevar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse.

Where the eye mixes llevarían and llevaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. llevarían runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against llevaron's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
llevarían
8 ch
llevaron

Why the eye confuses llevarían with llevaron

A purely visual mix-up. llevarían ([ʝeβ̞aˈɾiãn]) and llevaron ([ʝeˈβ̞aɾõn]) 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 28012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevarían is recorded at frequency rank #25,339, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeβ̞aˈɾiãn]. llevaron is at rank #2,673, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞aɾõn].

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 28012, this pair ranks #224,083 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llevarían vs llevaron

Shared letters: aelnrv. Private to "llevarían": í. Private to "llevaron": o.

"llevarían" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC  ·  "llevaron" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevaron ← lelvaron · levaron · lleavron · llebaron · llevaorn · llevarno · llevaronn · llevarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "llevarían" for "llevaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeβ̞aˈɾiãn] versus [ʝeˈβ̞aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "llevarían" vs "llevaron" - which ranks higher?
"llevaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,673 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 "llevarían" and "llevaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevarían" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llevaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #224,083 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevarían" and "llevaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevarás vs llevarían". 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 #224,083 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