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

#1,643
“llevo” frequency rank
#30,984
“llovió” frequency rank
32627
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevo llovió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de llover.

Where the eye mixes llevo and llovió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. llevo runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against llovió's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
llevo
6 ch
llovió

Visual trap between llevo and llovió

A purely visual mix-up. llevo ([ˈʝeβ̞o]) and llovió ([ʝoˈβ̞jo]) 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 32627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevo is recorded at frequency rank #1,643, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʝeβ̞o]. llovió is at rank #30,984, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝoˈβ̞jo].

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 32627, this pair ranks #201,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llevo vs llovió

Shared letters: lov. Private to "llevo": e. Private to "llovió": ió.

"llevo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "llovió" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevo ← lelvo · levo · llebo · lleov · llevvo · llveo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "llevo" and "llovió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʝeβ̞o] versus [ʝoˈβ̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "llevo" vs "llovió" - which ranks higher?
"llevo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,643 in our Spanish list, against #30,984 for "llovió". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "llovió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevo" and "llovió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "llovido vs llovió". 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 #201,005 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