lince
[ˈlĩnse]
The verdict
“lince” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #26,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,906
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mamífero carnívoro de la familia félidos, muy parecido al gato montés.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lince · lince · Spanish
lince · rank #26,906 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,906
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lev
Nearest frequency peer: lev (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “lince”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- ladilla
ladilla
73,100 corpus weight
- letrado
letrado
73,097 corpus weight
- lev
lev
73,096 corpus weight
- lince
lince
73,095 corpus weight
- llegarían
llegarían
73,093 corpus weight
- lograda
lograda
73,092 corpus weight
What this shows “lince” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | lince |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlĩnse] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “lince”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around lince (IPA [ˈlĩnse]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,906 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mamífero carnívoro de la familia félidos, muy parecido al gato montés.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for lince, with forms such as "ilnce", "licne", and "lincce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "link", "live", "line", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is lince, spelled L-I-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Mamífero carnívoro de la familia félidos, muy parecido al gato montés.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilnce
- licne
- lincce
- linec
- linnce
- linse
- llince
- lnice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lince - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).