Which to use
“lund” is a verb and “lynx” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,036
- “lund” frequency rank
- #23,925
- “lynx” frequency rank
- 59961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lund | lynx |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du prétérit de linden. | Une des espèces de félins sauvages ressemblant à un gros chat, dont la face est ornée de favoris et d’oreilles triangulaires surmontées d’une touffe de poil, et le corps doté d’une courte queue et de longues pattes. |
Where the eye mixes lund and lynx
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lund and lynx follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lund vs lynx
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lund is \lʊnt\ while lynx is \lɛ̃ks\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lund is recorded at frequency rank #36,036, classified as averb, pronounced \lʊnt\. lynx is at rank #23,925, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɛ̃ks\.
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 59961, this pair ranks #100,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lund vs lynx
Shared letters: ln. Private to "lund": du. Private to "lynx": xy.
"lund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "lynx" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lund" and "lynx" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "lund" or "lynx"?
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 "lund" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lynx" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lund" and "lynx" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lund vs lure". 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 #100,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.