# linden

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈlɪn.dən/ · frequency rank #22,424

## Definitions
1. Made 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.

## Easily confused with
- **line** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-line)
- **linn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-linn)
- **lines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-lines)
- **lined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-lined)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-liner)
- **linen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-linen)
- **lindy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-lindy)
- **liven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-liven)
- **London** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-london)
- **listen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-listen)
- **linked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-linked)
- **linger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-linger)
- **Lyndon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-lyndon)
- **Linton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-linton)
- **linker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-linker)
- **Lindsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-lindsey)
- **Lindley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-lindley)
- **lien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lien-vs-linden)
- **lind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lind-vs-linden)
- **Linda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linda-vs-linden)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ilnden`, `lidnen`, `lindden`, `lindenn`, `lindne`, `linedn`, `linnden`, `llinden`, `lniden`

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