Which to use
“link” and “lone” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,611
- “link” frequency rank
- #41,871
- “lone” frequency rank
- 54482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | link | lone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Non comparable, utilisé uniquement comme épithète, sans prédicat) Gauche, de gauche. | Seul ; sans compagnons. |
Where the eye mixes link and lone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: link vs lone
A purely visual mix-up. link (\lɪŋk\) and lone (\ləʊn\) 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 54482, 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\. lone is at rank #41,871, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ləʊn\.
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 54482, this pair ranks #133,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of link vs lone
Shared letters: ln. Private to "link": ik. Private to "lone": eo.
"link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "lone" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "link" and "lone" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "link" or "lone"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "link" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "link" and "lone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lone vs longo". 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 #133,729 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.