Which to use
“liner” and “Linky” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,631
- “liner” frequency rank
- #35,128
- “Linky” frequency rank
- 63759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | liner | Linky |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paquebot de ligne. | Compteur électrique interactif installé en France. |
Where the eye mixes liner and Linky
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses liner with Linky
A purely visual mix-up. liner (\laj.nœʁ\) and Linky (\lin.ki\) 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 63759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
liner is recorded at frequency rank #28,631, classified as anoun, pronounced \laj.nœʁ\. Linky is at rank #35,128, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lin.ki\.
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 63759, this pair ranks #80,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of liner vs Linky
Shared letters: iln. Private to "liner": er. Private to "Linky": ky.
"liner" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Linky" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "liner" and "Linky" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "liner" or "Linky"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "liner" and "Linky" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "liner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Linky" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "liner" and "Linky" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Linky vs Livry". 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 #80,361 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.