Linde vs linked, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#40,781
“Linde” frequency rank: #2,797
“linked” frequency rank: 43578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Linde	linked
Definition	A surname from German.	Connected, either with links, or as if with links.

Letter map: Linde vs linked

Shared letters muted; letters that set Linde and linked apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch

Linde

6 ch

linked

Role in the sentence - Linde and linked

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Linde is aname and linkedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Linde is recorded at frequency rank #40,781, classified as aname. linked is at rank #2,797, tagged as anadj, pronounced /lɪŋkt/.

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 43578, this pair ranks #238,647 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Linde vs linked

Shared letters: deiln. Private to "Linde": -. Private to "linked": k.

"Linde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "linked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Linde ← ilnde · lidne · lindde · linnde · llinde · lnide
linked ← ilnked · likned · linekd · linkde · linkedd · linkked · linnked · llinked

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Linde" and "linked" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Linde" is a name and "linked" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary English text, does "Linde" or "linked" show up more?

"linked" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,797 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

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Full dictionary entry for "Linde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "linked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #238,647 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Linde" and "linked" 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 #238,647 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.