Which to use
“lentes” is an adjective and “listés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,418
- “lentes” frequency rank
- #37,895
- “listés” frequency rank
- 67313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lentes | listés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de lent. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de lister. |
Where the eye mixes lentes and listés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lentes vs listés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lentes is \lɑ̃t\ while listés is \lis.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lentes is recorded at frequency rank #29,418, classified as anadj, pronounced \lɑ̃t\. listés is at rank #37,895, tagged as averb, pronounced \lis.te\.
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 67313, this pair ranks #63,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lentes vs listés
Shared letters: lst. Private to "lentes": en. Private to "listés": ié.
"lentes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "listés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lentes ← elntes · lenets · lenntes · lentess · lentse · lenttes · letnes · llentes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lentes" and "listés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lentes" or "listés" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "lentes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "listés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lentes" and "listés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leste vs listés". 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 #63,947 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.