Lied vs Link, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Lied” and “Link” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,456
“Lied” frequency rank: #1,496
“Link” frequency rank: 48952
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Lied	Link
Definition	canção	link, liame

Where the eye mixes Lied and Link

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch

Lied

4 ch

Link

Why the eye confuses Lied with Link

A purely visual mix-up. Lied (/liːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and Link (/lɪŋk/) 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 48952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lied is recorded at frequency rank #47,456, classified as anoun, pronounced /liːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Link is at rank #1,496, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɪŋk/.

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 48952, this pair ranks #16,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lied vs Link

Shared letters: il. Private to "Lied": de. Private to "Link": kn.

"Lied" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

Lied ← iled · leid · liedd · llied
Link ← ilnk · likn · linkk · linnk · llink · lnik

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lied" for "Link" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (/liːt/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /lɪŋk/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "Lied" vs "Link" - which ranks higher?

"Link" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,496 in our Portuguese list, against #47,456 for "Lied". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Lied" and "Link" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "Lied" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Link" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #16,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Lied" and "Link" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lied vs lime". 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 #16,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.