LinkvsliveConfusable pair

Quick tell: Link is a noun, live is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Link” is a noun and “live” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,496
“Link” frequency rank
#1,848
“live” frequency rank
3344
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Link live
Definition link, liame que ocorre no mesmo tempo de fatos que são capturados e transmitidos

Letter map: Link vs live

Shared letters muted; letters that set Link and live apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Link
4 ch
live

Part-of-speech tell for Link / live

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Link is anoun and liveanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3344, 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/. live is at rank #1,848, tagged as anadj.

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 3344, this pair ranks #71,828 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Link vs live

Shared letters: il. Private to "Link": kn. Private to "live": ev.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Linkilnk · likn · linkk · linnk · llink · lnik
  • liveilve · liev · livve · llive · lvie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Link" and "live" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Link" is a noun and "live" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Link" vs "live" - which ranks higher?
"Link" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,496 in our Portuguese list, against #1,848 for "live". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Link" and "live". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Link" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "live" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,828 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Link" and "live" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liana vs Link". 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 #71,828 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