lista vs luta, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#493
“lista” frequency rank: #649
“luta” frequency rank: 1142
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lista	luta
Definition	relação de nomes, lugares ou coisas	combate corpo a corpo

Letter map: lista vs luta

Shared letters muted; letters that set lista and luta apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

lista

4 ch

luta

Pair insight - lista / luta

lista and luta 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 1142, 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/. luta is at rank #649, 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 1142, this pair ranks #74,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lista vs luta

Shared letters: alt. Private to "lista": is. Private to "luta": u.

"lista" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "luta" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

lista ← ilsta · lisat · lissta · listta · litsa · llista · lsita
luta ← lluta · ltua · luat · lutta · ulta

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lista" and "luta" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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 "luta"?

"lista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #493 in our Portuguese list, against #649 for "luta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "lista" vs "luta" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "lista" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "luta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #74,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"lista" and "luta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lista vs listra". 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 #74,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.