LindevsLundyConfusable pair

Which to use

“Linde” and “Lundy” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,781
“Linde” frequency rank
#44,314
“Lundy” frequency rank
85095
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Linde Lundy
Definition A surname from German. An island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Devon, England, and included in Torridge district (OS grid ref SS14).

Letter map: Linde vs Lundy

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

5 ch
Linde
5 ch
Lundy

Corpus notes: Linde and Lundy

Linde and Lundy are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Linde is recorded at frequency rank #40,781, classified as aname. 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 85095, this pair ranks #10,938 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Linde vs Lundy

Shared letters: dln. Private to "Linde": ei. Private to "Lundy": uy.

"Linde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Lundy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Linde ← ilnde · lidne · lindde · linnde · llinde · lnide
  • Lundy ← llundy · lnudy · ludny · lunddy · lundyy · lunndy · lunyd · ulndy

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Linde" for "Lundy" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Linde" vs "Lundy" - which ranks higher?
"Linde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,781 in our English list, against #44,314 for "Lundy". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Linde" 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 #10,938 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Linde" 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 #10,938 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