LinkvsliseWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#1,496
“Link” frequency rank
#39,238
“lise” frequency rank
40734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Link lise
Definition link, liame redução gradativa do estado febril e de seus sintomas

Where the eye mixes Link and lise

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

4 ch
Link
4 ch
lise

Why the eye confuses Link with lise

A purely visual mix-up. Link (/lɪŋk/) and lise (/ˈli.zi/) 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 40734, 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/. lise is at rank #39,238, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈli.zi/.

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 40734, this pair ranks #25,318 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Link vs lise

Shared letters: il. Private to "Link": kn. Private to "lise": es.

"Link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "lise" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Linkilnk · likn · linkk · linnk · llink · lnik
  • liseilse · lies · lisse · llise · lsie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Link" and "lise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/lɪŋk/ versus /ˈli.zi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Link" vs "lise" - which ranks higher?
"Link" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,496 in our Portuguese list, against #39,238 for "lise". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "Link" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,318 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Link" and "lise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lied vs lise". 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 #25,318 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list