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Which to use

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

#22,411
“list” frequency rank
#30,551
“listón” frequency rank
52962
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature list listón
Definition Hoja. Cinta de tela de seda de anchura inferior a 35 mm.

Where the eye mixes list and listón

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. list runs 4 letters (CVCC) against listón's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
list
6 ch
listón

Look-alike desk: list vs listón

A purely visual mix-up. list ([list]) and listón ([lisˈt̪õn]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “list” sits inside “listón”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

list is recorded at frequency rank #22,411, classified as anoun, pronounced [list]. listón is at rank #30,551, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lisˈt̪õn].

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 52962, this pair ranks #90,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of list vs listón

Shared letters: ilst. Private to "list": -. Private to "listón": nó.

"list" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "listón" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • list ← ilst · lisst · listt · lits · llist · lsit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "list" and "listón" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([list] versus [lisˈt̪õn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "list" or "listón"?
"list" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,411 in our Spanish list, against #30,551 for "listón". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "list" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "listón" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #90,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "list" and "listón" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "listón vs lito". 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 #90,236 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