Which to use
“link” is a noun and “Linus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,108
- “link” frequency rank
- #26,866
- “Linus” frequency rank
- 27974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | link | Linus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. | A male given name from Latin. |
Where the eye mixes link and Linus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between link and Linus
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: link is /lɪŋk/ while Linus is /ˈlaɪ.nəs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27974, 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/. Linus is at rank #26,866, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈlaɪ.nəs/.
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 27974, this pair ranks #374,699 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of link vs Linus
Shared letters: iln. Private to "link": k. Private to "Linus": su.
"link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Linus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "link" and "Linus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "link" or "Linus" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "link" and "Linus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "link" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Linus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,699 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "link" and "Linus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Likud vs Linus". 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 #374,699 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.