Which to use
“link” is an adjective and “lip” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,611
- “link” frequency rank
- #29,022
- “lip” frequency rank
- 41633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | link | lip |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Non comparable, utilisé uniquement comme épithète, sans prédicat) Gauche, de gauche. | Lèvre, babine. Note d’usage : Très souvent employé au pluriel pour comprendre la lèvre supérieure et la lèvre inférieure. |
Where the eye mixes link and lip
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: link vs lip
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: link is \lɪŋk\ while lip is \ˈlɪp\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
link is recorded at frequency rank #12,611, classified as anadj, pronounced \lɪŋk\. lip is at rank #29,022, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈlɪp\.
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 41633, this pair ranks #231,664 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of link vs lip
Shared letters: il. Private to "link": kn. Private to "lip": p.
"link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "lip" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- link ← ilnk · likn · linkk · linnk · llink · lnik
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "link" for "lip" ever safe?
Which is more common, "link" or "lip"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "link" and "lip" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "link" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lip" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,664 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "link" and "lip" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lep vs lip". 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 #231,664 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.