listravslisuraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#49,564
“listra” frequency rank
#40,227
“lisura” frequency rank
89791
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature listra lisura
Definition risca qualidade de liso

Letter map: listra vs lisura

Shared letters muted; letters that set listra and lisura apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. listra (CVCCCV) and lisura (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
listra
6 ch
lisura

Pair insight - listra / lisura

listra and lisura 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 a single letter - t in “listra” becomes u in “lisura”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

listra is recorded at frequency rank #49,564, classified as anoun. lisura is at rank #40,227, 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 89791, this pair ranks #308 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of listra vs lisura

Shared letters: ailrs. Private to "listra": t. Private to "lisura": u.

"listra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "lisura" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • listra ← ilstra · lisrta · lisstra · listrra · listtra · litsra · llistra · lsitra
  • lisura ← ilsura · lisrua · lissura · lisuar · lisurra · liusra · llisura · lsiura

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "listra" and "lisura" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by a single letter - t in “listra” becomes u in “lisura”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "listra" or "lisura" show up more?
"lisura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,227 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "listra" and "lisura".

  • Full dictionary entry for "listra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lisura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #308 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "listra" and "lisura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "listra vs lustre". 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 #308 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