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

#27,668
“llevaste” frequency rank
#22,412
“llévate” frequency rank
50080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevaste llévate
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de llevarse (con el pronombre enclítico).

Where the eye mixes llevaste and llévate

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llevaste runs 8 letters (CCVCVCCV) against llévate's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
llevaste
7 ch
llévate

Look-alike desk: llevaste vs llévate

A purely visual mix-up. llevaste ([ʝeˈβ̞ast̪e]) and llévate ([ˈʝeβ̞at̪e]) 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 50080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevaste is recorded at frequency rank #27,668, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞ast̪e]. llévate is at rank #22,412, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞at̪e].

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 50080, this pair ranks #105,215 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llevaste vs llévate

Shared letters: aeltv. Private to "llevaste": s. Private to "llévate": é.

"llevaste" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV  ·  "llévate" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevaste ← lelvaste · levaste · lleavste · llebaste · llevaset · llevasste · llevastte · llevatse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "llevaste" for "llévate" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈβ̞ast̪e] versus [ˈʝeβ̞at̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "llevaste" or "llévate"?
"llévate" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,412 in our Spanish list, against #27,668 for "llevaste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevaste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llévate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,215 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevaste" and "llévate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llevase vs llevaste". 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 #105,215 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