finevsFundeTell them apart

Quick tell: fine is a adjective, Funde is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#15,086
“fine” frequency rank
#12,285
“Funde” frequency rank
27371
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fine Funde
Definition ausgezeichnet Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Fund

Where the eye mixes fine and Funde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
fine
5 ch
Funde

Look-alike desk: fine vs Funde

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fine is [faɪn] while Funde is [ˈfʊndə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fine is recorded at frequency rank #15,086, classified as anadj, pronounced [faɪn]. Funde is at rank #12,285, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʊndə].

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 27371, this pair ranks #1,802,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fine vs Funde

Shared letters: efn. Private to "fine": i. Private to "Funde": du.

"fine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Funde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fineffine · fnie · ifne
  • Fundeffunde · fnude · fudne · fundde · funed · funnde · ufnde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fine" and "Funde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fine" is an adjective and "Funde" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fine" vs "Funde" - which ranks higher?
"Funde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,285 in our German list, against #15,086 for "fine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "fine" and "Funde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Funde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,802,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fine" and "Funde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fine vs fist". 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 #1,802,853 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