lister

/\lis.te\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,924

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lister is aFrenchverb. It means: Mettre sous forme de liste. Pronounced \lis.te\. Often confused with lite and loser.

Key facts for lister
PropertyValue
Headwordlister
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lis.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,924
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lister in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lister is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lis.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,924 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for lister, with forms such as "ilster", "lisetr", and "lisster". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lite", "loser", "lutter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lister, spelled L-I-S-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre sous forme de liste.
  2. 2
    Produire un document en continu à l’aide d’une imprimante.
  3. 3
    Présenter sous forme de liste des données ou des instructions.
  4. 4
    Faire partie d'une liste de candidats concourant pour être élue à une entité telle que le BDE (bureau des étudiants).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilster,lisetr,lisster,listerr,listre,listter,litser,llister,lsiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lister

Misspelling Variants of "lister"

ilster6lisetr6lisster7listerr7listre6listter7litser6llister7
Misspelling Variants of "lister"

Frequency rank: #23,924 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lister"?
"lister" is spelled L-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lis.te\.
What does "lister" mean?
As a verb, "lister" means: Mettre sous forme de liste.
What words are commonly confused with "lister"?
"lister" is commonly confused with "lite", "loser", "lutter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lister" is \lis.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lister" come from?
"lister" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.