linden
/ˈlɪn.dən/
"linden" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“linden” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,424
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Made of lime-wood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-linden · linden · English
linden · rank #22,424 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,424
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH limousine
Nearest frequency peer: limousine (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “linden”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- legislator
legislator
77,580 corpus weight
- lien
lien
77,579 corpus weight
- limousine
limousine
77,578 corpus weight
- linden
linden
77,577 corpus weight
- Lithuanian
Lithuanian
77,576 corpus weight
- lotta
lotta
77,575 corpus weight
What this shows “linden” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | linden |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlɪn.dən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “linden”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around linden (IPA /ˈlɪn.dən/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,424 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Made of lime-wood.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for linden, with forms such as "ilnden", "lidnen", and "lindden". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "line", "linn", "lines", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Li… The correct English form is linden, spelled L-I-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Made of lime-wood.
Etymology
From Middle English linden, from Old English linden (“linden”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden tree”), equivalent to lind + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden (“linden”, adjective), German Low German Linnenboom (“linden-tree”), West Frisian linenbeam (“linden-tree”), German linden (“linden”, adjective). The English noun developed from the adjective.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilnden
- lidnen
- lindden
- lindenn
- lindne
- linedn
- linnden
- llinden
- lniden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of linden - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "linden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).