librevsLindeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: libre is a adjective, Linde is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“libre” is an adjective and “Linde” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,570
“libre” frequency rank
#40,781
“Linde” frequency rank
75351
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature libre Linde
Definition Especially of the will: free, independent, unconstrained. A surname from German.

Letter map: libre vs Linde

Shared letters muted; letters that set libre and Linde apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. libre and Linde follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
libre
5 ch
Linde

Grammar separator: libre vs Linde

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: libre is anadjective and Lindeaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

libre is recorded at frequency rank #34,570, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈliːbɹə/. Linde is at rank #40,781, 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 75351, this pair ranks #33,390 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of libre vs Linde

Shared letters: eil. Private to "libre": br. Private to "Linde": dn.

"libre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Linde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • libre ← ilbre · lbire · libbre · librre · lirbe · llibre
  • Linde ← ilnde · lidne · lindde · linnde · llinde · lnide

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "libre" for "Linde" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "libre" is an adjective and "Linde" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "libre" or "Linde" show up more?
"libre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,570 in our English list, against #40,781 for "Linde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "libre" vs "Linde" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "libre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Linde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,390 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "libre" and "Linde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Linde vs linker". 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 #33,390 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list