diff --git a/pyhocon/config_parser.py b/pyhocon/config_parser.py
index 9241de87..b1899961 100644
--- a/pyhocon/config_parser.py
+++ b/pyhocon/config_parser.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                        ParserElement, ParseSyntaxException, QuotedString,
                        Regex, SkipTo, StringEnd, Suppress, TokenConverter,
                        Word, ZeroOrMore, alphanums, alphas8bit, col, lineno,
-                       replaceWith)
+                       replaceWith, Or, nums, White, WordEnd)
 
 # Fix deepcopy issue with pyparsing
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ def convert_number(tokens):
                 return float(n)
 
         def convert_period(tokens):
-
             period_value = int(tokens.value)
             period_identifier = tokens.unit
 
@@ -431,14 +430,17 @@ def set_default_white_spaces():
             comment_no_comma_eol = (comment | eol).suppress()
             number_expr = Regex(r'[+-]?(\d*\.\d+|\d+(\.\d+)?)([eE][+\-]?\d+)?(?=$|[ \t]*([\$\}\],#\n\r]|//))',
                                 re.DOTALL).setParseAction(convert_number)
-            # Must be sorted from longest to shortest otherwise 'weeks' will match 'w' and 'eeks'
-            # will be parsed as a general string.
-            period_types = sorted(
-                itertools.chain.from_iterable(cls.get_supported_period_type_map().values()),
-                key=lambda x: len(x), reverse=True)
-            period_expr = Regex(
-                r'(?P<value>\d+)\s*(?P<unit>' + '|'.join(period_types) + ')$',
-                flags=re.MULTILINE,
+
+            # Flatten the list of lists with unit strings.
+            period_types = list(itertools.chain(*cls.get_supported_period_type_map().values()))
+            # `Or()` tries to match the longest expression if more expressions
+            # are matching. We employ this to match e.g.: 'weeks' so that we
+            # don't end up with 'w' and 'eeks'. Note that 'weeks' but also 'w'
+            # are valid unit identifiers.
+            # Allow only spaces as a valid separator between value and unit.
+            # E.g. \t as a separator is invalid: '10<TAB>weeks'.
+            period_expr = (
+                Word(nums)('value') + ZeroOrMore(White(ws=' ')).suppress() + Or(period_types)('unit') + WordEnd(alphanums).suppress()
             ).setParseAction(convert_period)
 
             # multi line string using """
@@ -748,9 +750,26 @@ def postParse(self, instring, loc, token_list):
         :param token_list:
         :return:
         """
-        cleaned_token_list = [token for tokens in (token.tokens if isinstance(token, ConfigInclude) else [token]
-                                                   for token in token_list if token != '')
-                              for token in tokens]
+        cleaned_token_list = []
+        # Note that a token can be a duration value object:
+        # >>> relativedelta(hours = 1) == ''
+        # False
+        # >>> relativedelta(hours = 1) != ''
+        # False
+        # relativedelta.__eq__() raises NotImplemented if it is compared with
+        # a different object type so Python falls back to identity comparison.
+        # We cannot compare this object to a string object.
+        for token in token_list:
+            if isinstance(token, str) and token == '':
+                # This is the case when there was a trailing comma in the list.
+                # The last token is just an empty string so we can safely ignore
+                # it.
+                continue
+            if isinstance(token, ConfigInclude):
+                cleaned_token_list.extend(token.tokens)
+            else:
+                cleaned_token_list.append(token)
+
         config_list = ConfigList(cleaned_token_list)
         return [config_list]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_config_parser.py b/tests/test_config_parser.py
index a33e8029..10e7932e 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_config_parser.py
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ def test_parse_string_with_duration_with_long_unit_name(self):
         )
         assert config['b'] == period(weeks=10)
 
+    def test_parse_with_list_mixed_types_with_durations_and_trailing_comma(self):
+        config = ConfigFactory.parse_string(
+            """
+            a: foo
+            b: [a, 1, 10 weeks, 5 minutes,]
+            c: bar
+            """
+        )
+        assert config['b'] == ['a', 1, period(weeks=10), period(minutes=5)]
+
     def test_parse_with_enclosing_square_bracket(self):
         config = ConfigFactory.parse_string("[1, 2, 3]")
         assert config == [1, 2, 3]