TypeError list object is not callable in python

Question

I am a beginner in Python, created a list but this is giving me an error

example = list('easyhoss')

Now, In tutorial, example= ['e','a',...,'s']. But in my case I am getting following error:

>>> example = list('easyhoss') 
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 TypeError: 'list' object is not callable

What is wrong here?