Which to use
“limes” and “links” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,011
- “limes” frequency rank
- #45,149
- “links” frequency rank
- 93160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | limes | links |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Système de fortifications établi au long de certaines des frontières de l’Empire romain. | Terrain de golf. |
Where the eye mixes limes and links
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. limes (CVCVC) and links (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: limes vs links
A purely visual mix-up. limes (\li.mɛs\) and links (\link\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
limes is recorded at frequency rank #48,011, classified as anoun, pronounced \li.mɛs\. links is at rank #45,149, tagged as anoun, pronounced \link\.
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 93160, this pair ranks #2,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of limes vs links
Shared letters: ils. Private to "limes": em. Private to "links": kn.
"limes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "links" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "limes" and "links" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "limes" or "links" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "limes" and "links" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "limes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "links" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "limes" and "links" 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 #2,468 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.