Which to use
“lince” and “lino” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,906
- “lince” frequency rank
- #14,638
- “lino” frequency rank
- 41544
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lince | lino |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mamífero carnívoro de la familia félidos, muy parecido al gato montés. | (Linum spp.) Género de plantas herbáceas nativas de la India, cultivadas desde la Antigüedad por sus varias propiedades; se utiliza su fibra para hilandería, y su semilla, llamada linaza, para producir harina y aceite. Son hierbas de pequeño tamaño, hasta 70 cm, con el tallo recto, hueco y cilíndrico, las hojas angostas y puntiagudas, de color verde muy brillante, y flores terminales de color azul claro. De las numerosas especies la de más valor comercial es L. usitatissimum. |
Where the eye mixes lince and lino
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between lince and lino
A purely visual mix-up. lince ([ˈlĩnse]) and lino ([ˈlino]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lince is recorded at frequency rank #26,906, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlĩnse]. lino is at rank #14,638, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlino].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 41544, this pair ranks #153,084 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lince vs lino
Shared letters: iln. Private to "lince": ce. Private to "lino": o.
"lince" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lince" for "lino" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lince" vs "lino" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lince" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,084 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lince" and "lino" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lince vs livre". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #153,084 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.