# Linde

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,781

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
* As a German, Dutch, Jewish, and North Germanic surname, from Linde (“linden tree, UK:lime tree”). Compare Lindy.
* As a Spanish surname, from linde (“boundary”).

## Easily confused with
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-live)
- **line** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-line)
- **link** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-link)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lone)
- **lite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lite)
- **Lund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lund)
- **linn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-linn)
- **lint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lint)
- **lire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lire)
- **Lise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lise)
- **lino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lino)
- **lode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lode)
- **lines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lines)
- **links** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-links)
- **lined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-lined)
- **Linux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-linux)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-liner)
- **linen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-linen)
- **litre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-litre)
- **Linus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-linus)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ilnde`, `lidne`, `lindde`, `linnde`, `llinde`, `lnide`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/linde