lilyvsLinkConfusable pair

Which to use

“lily” and “Link” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,638
“lily” frequency rank
#1,519
“Link” frequency rank
21157
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lily Link
Definition die Lilie eine gekennzeichnete Zeichenfolge, die bei Aktivierung durch Anklicken zu einem entsprechenden Ziel weiterleitet

Letter map: lily vs Link

Shared letters muted; letters that set lily and Link apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
lily
4 ch
Link

Pair insight - lily / Link

lily and Link are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lily is recorded at frequency rank #19,638, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Link is at rank #1,519, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lɪŋk].

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 21157, this pair ranks #1,889,517 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lily vs Link

Shared letters: il. Private to "lily": y. Private to "Link": kn.

"lily" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lilyilly · lilly · lilyy · liyl · llily · lliy
  • Linkilnk · likn · linkk · linnk · llink · lnik

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lily" and "Link" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "lily" vs "Link" - which ranks higher?
"Link" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,519 in our German list, against #19,638 for "lily". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lily" and "Link".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lily" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Link" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,889,517 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lily" and "Link" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lily 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 #1,889,517 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list