listarvslistraTell them apart

Quick tell: listar is a verb, listra is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“listar” is a verb and “listra” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,798
“listar” frequency rank
#49,564
“listra” frequency rank
71362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature listar listra
Definition fazer uma lista risca

Letter map: listar vs listra

Shared letters muted; letters that set listar and listra apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
listar
6 ch
listra

Grammar separator: listar vs listra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: listar is averb and listraanoun. On the page they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ar ↔ ra) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

listar is recorded at frequency rank #21,798, classified as averb, pronounced /liʃ.ˈtaɾ/. 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 71362, this pair ranks #3,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of listar vs listra

Shared letters: ailrst. Private to "listar": -. Private to "listra": -.

"listar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "listra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • listarilstar · lisatr · lisstar · listarr · listtar · litsar · llistar · lsitar
  • listrailstra · lisrta · lisstra · listrra · listtra · litsra · llistra · lsitra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "listar" and "listra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "listar" is a verb and "listra" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "listar" or "listra" show up more?
"listar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,798 in our Portuguese list, against #49,564 for "listra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "listar" and "listra". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "listar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "listra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "listar" and "listra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "listra vs lisura". 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 #3,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list