Which to use
“list” is a verb and “lits” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,077
- “list” frequency rank
- #7,339
- “lits” frequency rank
- 21416
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | list | lits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de listen. | Pluriel de lit. |
Where the eye mixes list and lits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: list vs lits
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: list is \lɪst\ while lits is \li\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (st ↔ ts) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21416, 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\. lits is at rank #7,339, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li\.
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 21416, this pair ranks #363,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of list vs lits
Shared letters: ilst. Private to "list": -. Private to "lits": -.
"list" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "lits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "list" and "lits" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "list" vs "lits" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "list" and "lits" 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 "lits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,269 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "list" and "lits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leste vs list". 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 #363,269 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.