Which to use
“lend” is a verb and “Lundy” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,057
- “lend” frequency rank
- #44,314
- “Lundy” frequency rank
- 52371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lend | Lundy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. | An island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Devon, England, and included in Torridge district (OS grid ref SS14). |
Letter map: lend vs Lundy
Shared letters muted; letters that set lend and Lundy apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. lend runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Lundy's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - lend and Lundy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lend is averb and Lundyaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lend is recorded at frequency rank #8,057, classified as averb, pronounced /lɛnd/. Lundy is at rank #44,314, tagged as aname.
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 52371, this pair ranks #157,599 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lend vs Lundy
Shared letters: dln. Private to "lend": e. Private to "Lundy": uy.
"lend" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Lundy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lend" and "Lundy" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lend" vs "Lundy" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "lend" vs "Lundy" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "lend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lundy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,599 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lend" and "Lundy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Laney vs Lundy". 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 #157,599 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.