Which to use
“lind” is a noun and “Linde” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,225
- “lind” frequency rank
- #40,781
- “Linde” frequency rank
- 77006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lind | Linde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The lime tree, or linden tree. | A surname from German. |
Letter map: lind vs Linde
Shared letters muted; letters that set lind and Linde apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. lind runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Linde's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for lind / Linde
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lind is anoun and Lindeaname. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lind” sits inside “Linde”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lind is recorded at frequency rank #36,225, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɪnd/. 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 77006, this pair ranks #28,481 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lind vs Linde
Shared letters: diln. Private to "lind": -. Private to "Linde": e.
"lind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Linde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lind" and "Linde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lind" vs "Linde" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "lind" vs "Linde" 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 "Linde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,481 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lind" 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 #28,481 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.