Link vs lip, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,496
“Link” frequency rank: #29,031
“lip” frequency rank: 30527
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Link	lip
Definition	link, liame	lábio

Where the eye mixes Link and lip

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

4 ch

Link

3 ch

lip

Look-alike desk: Link vs lip

A purely visual mix-up. Link (/lɪŋk/) and lip (/lɪp/) 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 30527, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Link is recorded at frequency rank #1,496, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɪŋk/. lip is at rank #29,031, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɪp/.

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 30527, this pair ranks #37,797 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Link vs lip

Shared letters: il. Private to "Link": kn. Private to "lip": p.

"Link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "lip" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Link ← ilnk · likn · linkk · linnk · llink · lnik

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Which is more common, "Link" or "lip"?

"Link" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,496 in our Portuguese list, against #29,031 for "lip". 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 "Link" and "lip" 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 "lip" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #37,797 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Link" and "lip" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lied vs lip". 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 #37,797 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.