English homophones
links/lynx
"links" (#1,951 written frequency) beats "lynx" (#26,871) in this 2-word /lɪŋks/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /lɪŋks/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "links" leads at #1,951, with "lynx" trailing at #26,871.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "links" is 5 letters, "lynx" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across links, lynx: ln. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
links
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory iklns · private iks
lynx
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory lnxy · private xy
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "links" when you mean: plural of link
- Write "lynx" when you mean: Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (links, lynx). Here's where to go from here.
- "links" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #1,951 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: lesson · lessen. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "links, lynx" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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