lima vs Link, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“lima” is an adjective and “Link” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,418
“lima” frequency rank: #1,519
“Link” frequency rank: 23937
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: lima vs Link

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

4 ch

lima

4 ch

Link

Role in the sentence - lima and Link

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lima is anadjective and Linkanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lima is recorded at frequency rank #22,418, classified as anadj. 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 23937, this pair ranks #1,854,552 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lima vs Link

Shared letters: il. Private to "lima": am. Private to "Link": kn.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

lima ← ilma · liam · limma · llima · lmia
Link ← ilnk · likn · linkk · linnk · llink · lnik

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lima" and "Link" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lima" is an adjective and "Link" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "lima" or "Link" show up more?

"Link" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,519 in our German list, against #22,418 for "lima". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "lima" 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 #1,854,552 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"lima" and "Link" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lame vs lima". 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 #1,854,552 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.