Which to use
“likes” and “limes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,719
- “likes” frequency rank
- #48,011
- “limes” frequency rank
- 73730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | likes | limes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de like. | Système de fortifications établi au long de certaines des frontières de l’Empire romain. |
Where the eye mixes likes and limes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. likes and limes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses likes with limes
A purely visual mix-up. likes (\lajk\) and limes (\li.mɛs\) 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 a single letter - k in “likes” becomes m in “limes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
likes is recorded at frequency rank #25,719, classified as anoun, pronounced \lajk\. limes is at rank #48,011, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.mɛs\.
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 73730, this pair ranks #39,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of likes vs limes
Shared letters: eils. Private to "likes": k. Private to "limes": m.
"likes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "limes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "likes" and "limes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "likes" or "limes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "likes" and "limes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "likes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "limes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "likes" and "limes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liker vs limes". 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 #39,484 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.