lista vs listra, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“lista” and “listra” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#493
“lista” frequency rank: #49,564
“listra” frequency rank: 50057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lista	listra
Definition	relação de nomes, lugares ou coisas	risca

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set lista and listra apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

lista

6 ch

listra

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

lista and listra are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lista is recorded at frequency rank #493, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈliʃ.tɐ/. listra is at rank #49,564, tagged as anoun.

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 50057, this pair ranks #14,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lista vs listra

Shared letters: ailst. Private to "lista": -. Private to "listra": r.

"lista" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "listra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

lista ← ilsta · lisat · lissta · listta · litsa · llista · lsita
listra ← ilstra · lisrta · lisstra · listrra · listtra · litsra · llistra · lsitra

Frequency comparison

lista#493

listra#49,564

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lista" and "listra" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "lista" or "listra"?

"lista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #493 in our Portuguese list, against #49,564 for "listra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering lista vs listra

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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