Which to use
“lin” and “login” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,118
- “lin” frequency rank
- #48,017
- “login” frequency rank
- 56135
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lin | login |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Identifiant à fournir pour accéder à un système informatique, et associé à un utilisateur (ou à un type d’utilisateur) ; il est généralement protégé par un mot de passe. |
Where the eye mixes lin and login
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lin runs 3 letters (CVC) against login's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses lin with login
A purely visual mix-up. lin (\lɛ̃\) and login (\lɔ.ɡin\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56135, 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\. login is at rank #48,017, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ɡin\.
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 56135, this pair ranks #123,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lin vs login
Shared letters: iln. Private to "lin": -. Private to "login": go.
"lin" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- login ← lgoin · llogin · loggin · loginn · logni · olgin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lin" and "login" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lin" vs "login" - 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 "lin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "login" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #123,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lin" and "login" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "login vs loving". 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 #123,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.