findsvsFundusTell them apart

Quick tell: finds is a verb, Fundus is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“finds” is a verb and “Fundus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#28,196
“Fundus” frequency rank
38278
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds Fundus
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find Menge, Sammlung von Gegenständen

Letter map: finds vs Fundus

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and Fundus apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
finds
6 ch
Fundus

Role in the sentence - finds and Fundus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and Fundusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Fundus is at rank #28,196, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʊndʊs].

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 38278, this pair ranks #1,568,075 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs Fundus

Shared letters: dfns. Private to "finds": i. Private to "Fundus": u.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Fundus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • Fundusffundus · fnudus · fudnus · funddus · fundsu · funduss · funndus · funuds

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "Fundus" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "Fundus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "finds" or "Fundus"?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #28,196 for "Fundus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "finds" and "Fundus". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fundus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,568,075 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "Fundus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fondue vs Fundus". 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 #1,568,075 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list