Which to use
“listed” is a verb and “lister” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,080
- “listed” frequency rank
- #25,121
- “lister” frequency rank
- 27201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | listed | lister |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of list | One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing. |
Letter map: listed vs lister
Shared letters muted; letters that set listed and lister apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. listed and lister follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for listed / lister
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: listed is averb and listeranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “listed” becomes r in “lister”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
listed is recorded at frequency rank #2,080, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈlɪst.ɪd/. lister is at rank #25,121, tagged as anoun.
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 27201, this pair ranks #380,774 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of listed vs lister
Shared letters: eilst. Private to "listed": d. Private to "lister": r.
"listed" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "lister" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "listed" for "lister" ever safe?
Frequency check: "listed" vs "lister" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "listed" vs "lister" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "listed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lister" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,774 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "listed" and "lister" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "linker vs lister". 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 #380,774 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.