LindevslinkTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#40,781
“Linde” frequency rank
#1,108
“link” frequency rank
41889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Linde link
Definition A surname from German. A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.

Letter map: Linde vs link

Shared letters muted; letters that set Linde and link apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Linde
4 ch
link

Grammar separator: Linde vs link

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Linde is aname and linkanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Linde is recorded at frequency rank #40,781, classified as aname. link is at rank #1,108, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɪŋk/.

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 41889, this pair ranks #254,207 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Linde vs link

Shared letters: iln. Private to "Linde": de. Private to "link": k.

"Linde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lindeilnde · lidne · lindde · linnde · llinde · lnide
  • linkilnk · likn · linkk · linnk · llink · lnik

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Linde" and "link" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Linde" is a name and "link" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Linde" vs "link" - which ranks higher?
"link" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,108 in our English list, against #40,781 for "Linde". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Linde" and "link".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Linde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "link" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #254,207 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Linde" and "link" 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 #254,207 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