Which to use
“known” is a verb and “Lincoln” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,645
- “known” frequency rank
- #12,121
- “Lincoln” frequency rank
- 52766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | known | Lincoln |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs know | Hauptstadt von Nebraska, USA |
Letter map: known vs Lincoln
Shared letters muted; letters that set known and Lincoln apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. known runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against Lincoln's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - known and Lincoln
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: known is averb and Lincolnaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
known is recorded at frequency rank #40,645, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Lincoln is at rank #12,121, tagged as aname, pronounced […].
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 52766, this pair ranks #1,084,062 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of known vs Lincoln
Shared letters: no. Private to "known": kw. Private to "Lincoln": cil.
"known" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Lincoln" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "known" and "Lincoln" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "known" vs "Lincoln" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "known" vs "Lincoln" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "known" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lincoln" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,084,062 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "known" and "Lincoln" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "known vs puzzles". 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 #1,084,062 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.