links
/lɪŋks/
"links" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“links” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,951
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of link
Corpus desk
Index EN-links · links · English
links · rank #1,951 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,951
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH kick
Nearest frequency peer: kick (-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 “links”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- introduced
introduced
98,053 corpus weight
- johnson
johnson
98,052 corpus weight
- kick
kick
98,051 corpus weight
- links
links
98,050 corpus weight
- mail
mail
98,049 corpus weight
- massive
massive
98,048 corpus weight
What this shows “links” 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 | links |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɪŋks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “links”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around links (IPA /lɪŋks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,951 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of link".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for links, with forms such as "ilnks", "likns", and "linkks". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lis", "lips", "linn", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: See link. The correct English form is links, spelled L-I-N-K-S.
Definition
- 1plural of link
Etymology
See link.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilnks
- likns
- linkks
- linkss
- linnks
- linsk
- llinks
- lniks
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of links - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).