Which to use
“lisais” and “listés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,930
- “lisais” frequency rank
- #37,895
- “listés” frequency rank
- 53825
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lisais | listés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de lire. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de lister. |
Where the eye mixes lisais and listés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lisais (CVCVVC) and listés (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses lisais with listés
A purely visual mix-up. lisais (\li.zɛ\) and listés (\lis.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53825, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lisais is recorded at frequency rank #15,930, classified as averb, pronounced \li.zɛ\. 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 53825, this pair ranks #138,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lisais vs listés
Shared letters: ils. Private to "lisais": a. Private to "listés": té.
"lisais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "listés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lisais ← ilsais · liasis · lisaiss · lisasi · lisias · lissais · llisais · lsiais
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lisais" and "listés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lisais" vs "listés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lisais" 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 #138,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lisais" 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 #138,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.