Which to use
“link” and “links” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,108
- “link” frequency rank
- #1,951
- “links” frequency rank
- 3059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | link | links |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. | plural of link |
Where the eye mixes link and links
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: link vs links
A purely visual mix-up. link (/lɪŋk/) and links (/lɪŋks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “link” sits inside “links”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
link is recorded at frequency rank #1,108, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɪŋk/. links is at rank #1,951, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɪŋks/.
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 3059, this pair ranks #523,252 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of link vs links
Shared letters: ikln. Private to "link": -. Private to "links": s.
"link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "links" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "link" and "links" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "link" or "links" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "link" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "links" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #523,252 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "link" and "links" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "linker vs links". 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 #523,252 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.