lists
/lɪsts/
"lists" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lists” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,767
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of list
Corpus desk
Index EN-lists · lists · English
lists · rank #3,767 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,767
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lessons
Nearest frequency peer: lessons (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “lists”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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journalist
96,237 corpus weight
- kicked
kicked
96,236 corpus weight
- lessons
lessons
96,235 corpus weight
- lists
lists
96,234 corpus weight
- maintained
maintained
96,233 corpus weight
- mill
mill
96,232 corpus weight
What this shows “lists” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lists |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɪsts/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lists”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around lists (IPA /lɪsts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,767 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of list".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lists, with forms such as "ilsts", "lissts", and "listss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lit", "LST", "lost", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is lists, spelled L-I-S-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of list
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilsts
- lissts
- listss
- listts
- litss
- llists
- lsits
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lists - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).