Which to use
“link” and “long” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,611
- “link” frequency rank
- #401
- “long” frequency rank
- 13012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | link | long |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Non comparable, utilisé uniquement comme épithète, sans prédicat) Gauche, de gauche. | Qualifie des objets considérés dans leur dimension d’une extrémité à l’autre, par opposition à court. |
Where the eye mixes link and long
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses link with long
A purely visual mix-up. link (\lɪŋk\) and long (\lɔ̃\) 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 13012, 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\. long is at rank #401, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lɔ̃\.
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 13012, this pair ranks #402,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of link vs long
Shared letters: ln. Private to "link": ik. Private to "long": go.
"link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "long" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "link" for "long" ever safe?
Frequency check: "link" vs "long" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "link" and "long" 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 "long" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "link" and "long" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "link vs lung". 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 #402,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.