linkage
lin·kage/ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ/noun
linkage is spelled L-I-N-K-A-G-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (lin·kage). It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, linkage means “A mechanical device that connects things” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of linkage is linkages.
How many letters and syllables are in linkage?
| Letters | 7: L-I-N-K-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: lin·kage |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is linkage?
Linkage appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce linkage?
- /ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ/
Linkage has 2 syllables, split lin·kage in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-linkage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with linkage?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as linkage.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: leaking.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of linkage
- linkages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does linkage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mechanical device that connects things.
A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
- 2
A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- 3
The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- 4
The property of genes of being inherited together.
- 5
A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- 6
USA United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Linkage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | timonerie , liaison |
| German | Kopplung |
| Spanish | enlazadura, enlazamiento, varillaje , ligamiento |
| Portuguese | ligamento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does linkage come from?
From link + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).