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How to spell link

hear itlink/lɪŋk/nounRules and real life

What it means: A single piece of a chain or connection.

In a sentence: The chain has a shiny link.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as linc or linck.

Same family: linking, linked, interlink, linkage, connection. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Link” comes from Old Norse *hlenkr*, meaning a ring or chain, which is why it can refer to both a physical chain ring and, in modern times, a connection in a radio or computer network.

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