Which to use
“Link” and “look” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,496
- “Link” frequency rank
- #5,222
- “look” frequency rank
- 6718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Link | look |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | link, liame | estilo de moda |
Letter map: Link vs look
Shared letters muted; letters that set Link and look apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Pair insight - Link / look
Link and look 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 6718, 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/. look is at rank #5,222, tagged as anoun.
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 6718, this pair ranks #67,645 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Link vs look
Shared letters: kl. Private to "Link": in. Private to "look": o.
"Link" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "look" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Link" for "look" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Link" or "look" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Link" and "look". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Link" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "look" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,645 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Link" and "look" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs look". 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 #67,645 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.