lindvslungWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: lind is a adjective, lung is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#34,788
“lind” frequency rank
#36,488
“lung” frequency rank
71276
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lind lung
Definition angenehm mild, glatt, lauwarm die Lunge

Letter map: lind vs lung

Shared letters muted; letters that set lind and lung apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lind and lung follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
lind
4 ch
lung

Part-of-speech tell for lind / lung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lind is anadjective and lunganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lind is recorded at frequency rank #34,788, classified as anadj, pronounced [lɪnt]. lung is at rank #36,488, tagged as anoun, 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 71276, this pair ranks #421,495 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lind vs lung

Shared letters: ln. Private to "lind": di. Private to "lung": gu.

"lind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "lung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lind ← ilnd · lidn · lindd · linnd · llind · lnid
  • lung ← llung · lnug · lugn · lungg · lunng · ulng

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lind" and "lung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lind" is an adjective and "lung" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "lind" or "lung" show up more?
"lind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,788 in our German list, against #36,488 for "lung". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "lind" vs "lung" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #421,495 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lind" and "lung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lung 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 #421,495 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