# linn

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɪn/ · frequency rank #26,865

## Definitions
1. A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.

## Etymology
From Middle English *linne, from Old English hlynn (“torrent”).

## Easily confused with
- **LN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-ln)
- **lit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lit)
- **lip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lip)
- **Liz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-liz)
- **Liu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-liu)
- **Liv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-liv)
- **Lon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lon)
- **lis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lis)
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lyn)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lun)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-long)
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-live)
- **list** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-list)
- **loan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-loan)
- **lips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lips)
- **Lisa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lisa)
- **lion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lion)
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lung)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lone)
- **Lynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-lynn)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ilnn`, `llinn`, `lnin`

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