Which to use
“links” is an adverb and “lips” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #686
- “links” frequency rank
- #38,262
- “lips” frequency rank
- 38948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | links | lips |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | seitlich auf jener Seite, wo die meisten Menschen ihr Herz haben und schlagen spüren können | Plural des Substantivs lip |
Letter map: links vs lips
Shared letters muted; letters that set links and lips apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - links and lips
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: links is anadverb and lipsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
links is recorded at frequency rank #686, classified as anadv, pronounced [lɪŋks]. lips is at rank #38,262, 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 38948, this pair ranks #1,550,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of links vs lips
Shared letters: ils. Private to "links": kn. Private to "lips": p.
"links" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "lips" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "links" and "lips" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "links" or "lips" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "links" and "lips". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "links" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lips" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,550,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "links" and "lips" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lips 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 #1,550,293 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.