Which to use
“lister” and “lutter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,924
- “lister” frequency rank
- #3,018
- “lutter” frequency rank
- 26942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lister | lutter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre sous forme de liste. | Combattre, se prendre corps à corps avec quelqu’un pour le terrasser. |
Where the eye mixes lister and lutter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses lister with lutter
A purely visual mix-up. lister (\lis.te\) and lutter (\ly.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 26942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lister is recorded at frequency rank #23,924, classified as averb, pronounced \lis.te\. lutter is at rank #3,018, tagged as averb, pronounced \ly.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 26942, this pair ranks #331,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lister vs lutter
Shared letters: elrt. Private to "lister": is. Private to "lutter": u.
"lister" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "lutter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lister" and "lutter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lister" or "lutter" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lister" and "lutter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lister" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lutter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lister" and "lutter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liker vs lister". 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 #331,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.