Which to use
“finds” is a verb and “fund” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,082
- “finds” frequency rank
- #8,370
- “fund” frequency rank
- 18452
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finds | fund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find | Fonds, Anlagefonds, Kapital |
Letter map: finds vs fund
Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and fund apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for finds / fund
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and fundanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. fund is at rank #8,370, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fʌnd].
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 18452, this pair ranks #1,918,103 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of finds vs fund
Shared letters: dfn. Private to "finds": is. Private to "fund": u.
"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "fund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "finds" and "fund" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "finds" or "fund"?
What to do next
You've compared "finds" and "fund". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,918,103 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finds" and "fund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finds vs puzzles". 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 #1,918,103 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.