Which to use
“links” and “lips” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,149
- “links” frequency rank
- #46,867
- “lips” frequency rank
- 92016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | links | lips |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Terrain de golf. | Pluriel de lip. |
Where the eye mixes links and lips
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses links with lips
A purely visual mix-up. links (\link\) and lips (\ˈlɪps\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
links is recorded at frequency rank #45,149, classified as anoun, pronounced \link\. lips is at rank #46,867, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈlɪps\.
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 92016, this pair ranks #3,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of links vs lips
Shared letters: ils. Private to "links": kn. Private to "lips": p.
"links" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "lips" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "links" and "lips" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "links" or "lips" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "links" and "lips" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "links" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lips" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "links" and "lips" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lep vs lips". 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 #3,337 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.