Which to use
“lin” and “links” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,118
- “lin” frequency rank
- #45,149
- “links” frequency rank
- 53267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lin | links |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante herbacée de la famille des Linacées, à feuilles simples, à fleurs généralement bleues, cultivée dans les pays tempérés pour ses graines oléagineuses et pour la fibre textile que fournit sa tige. | Terrain de golf. |
Where the eye mixes lin and links
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lin vs links
A purely visual mix-up. lin (\lɛ̃\) 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 differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “lin” sits inside “links”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lin is recorded at frequency rank #8,118, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛ̃\. 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 53267, this pair ranks #141,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lin vs links
Shared letters: iln. Private to "lin": -. Private to "links": ks.
"lin" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "links" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- links ← ilnks · likns · linkks · linkss · linnks · linsk · llinks · lniks
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lin" and "links" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "lin" or "links"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lin" and "links" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lin" 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 #141,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lin" and "links" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "linges vs links". 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 #141,937 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.