# linker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɪŋkɚ/ · frequency rank #48,865

## Definitions
1. That which links.
2. A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
3. A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
4. A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
5. A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

## Etymology
From link + -er

## Easily confused with
- **links** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linker-vs-links)
- **liver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linker-vs-liver)
- **liter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linker-vs-liter)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linker-vs-loner)
- **longer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linker-vs-longer)
- **locker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linker-vs-locker)
- **litter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linker-vs-litter)
- **lister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linker-vs-lister)
- **like** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/like-vs-linker)
- **line** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/line-vs-linker)
- **link** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/link-vs-linker)
- **lines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lines-vs-linker)
- **liked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liked-vs-linker)
- **likes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/likes-vs-linker)
- **lined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lined-vs-linker)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-linker)
- **linen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linen-vs-linker)
- **laker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laker-vs-linker)
- **liber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liber-vs-linker)
- **Linde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linde-vs-linker)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ilnker`, `likner`, `linekr`, `linkerr`, `linkker`, `linkre`, `linnker`, `llinker`, `lniker`

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