llevenvslloverWhich spelling fits?

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

#6,200
“lleven” frequency rank
#12,635
“llover” frequency rank
18835
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lleven llover
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de llevar o de llevarse. Caer agua del cielo.

Where the eye mixes lleven and llover

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lleven and llover follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
lleven
6 ch
llover

Look-alike desk: lleven vs llover

A purely visual mix-up. lleven ([ˈʝeβ̞ẽn]) and llover ([ʝoˈβ̞eɾ]) 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 18835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lleven is recorded at frequency rank #6,200, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞ẽn]. llover is at rank #12,635, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝoˈβ̞eɾ].

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 18835, this pair ranks #266,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lleven vs llover

Shared letters: elv. Private to "lleven": n. Private to "llover": or.

"lleven" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "llover" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lleven ← lelven · leven · lleben · lleevn · llevenn · llevne · llevven · llveen
  • llover ← llober · lloevr · lloverr · llovre · llovver · llvoer · lolver

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lleven" and "llover" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʝeβ̞ẽn] versus [ʝoˈβ̞eɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "lleven" vs "llover" - which ranks higher?
"lleven" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,200 in our Spanish list, against #12,635 for "llover". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lleven" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llover" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #266,279 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lleven" and "llover" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llover vs lover". 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 #266,279 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