Which to use
“lift” and “Link” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,650
- “lift” frequency rank
- #1,496
- “Link” frequency rank
- 42146
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lift | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | carona, levada (ato de transportar em um veículo, normalmente de forma gratuito) | link, liame |
Letter map: lift vs Link
Shared letters muted; letters that set lift and Link apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: lift and Link
lift and Link are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lift is recorded at frequency rank #40,650, classified as anoun. 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 42146, this pair ranks #23,675 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lift vs Link
Shared letters: il. Private to "lift": ft. Private to "Link": kn.
"lift" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lift" and "Link" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lift" or "Link" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "lift" and "Link". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lift" 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 #23,675 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lift" and "Link" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lied vs lift". 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 #23,675 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.