Which to use
“links” and “looks” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,951
- “links” frequency rank
- #436
- “looks” frequency rank
- 2387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | links | looks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of link | plural of look |
Where the eye mixes links and looks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. links (/lɪŋks/) and looks (/lʊks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
links is recorded at frequency rank #1,951, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɪŋks/. looks is at rank #436, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lʊks/.
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 2387, this pair ranks #525,106 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of links vs looks
Shared letters: kls. Private to "links": in. Private to "looks": o.
"links" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "looks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC