Which to use
“list” and “listés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,077
- “list” frequency rank
- #37,895
- “listés” frequency rank
- 51972
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | list | listés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de listen. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de lister. |
Where the eye mixes list and listés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. list runs 4 letters (CVCC) against listés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: list vs listés
A purely visual mix-up. list (\lɪst\) 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 differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “list” sits inside “listés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
list is recorded at frequency rank #14,077, classified as averb, pronounced \lɪst\. 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 51972, this pair ranks #151,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of list vs listés
Shared letters: ilst. Private to "list": -. Private to "listés": é.
"list" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "listés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- list ← ilst · lisst · listt · llist · lsit
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "list" and "listés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "list" vs "listés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "list" 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 #151,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "list" 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 #151,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.