FondvsFundeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“Fond” and “Funde” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,131
“Fond” frequency rank
#12,285
“Funde” frequency rank
35416
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fond Funde
Definition Wageninnenraum hinter den Fahrersitzen Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Fund

Where the eye mixes Fond and Funde

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

4 ch
Fond
5 ch
Funde

Look-alike desk: Fond vs Funde

A purely visual mix-up. Fond ([fɔ̃ː]) and Funde ([ˈfʊndə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fond is recorded at frequency rank #23,131, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɔ̃ː]. 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 35416, this pair ranks #1,640,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Fond vs Funde

Shared letters: dfn. Private to "Fond": o. Private to "Funde": eu.

"Fond" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Funde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fondffond · fnod · fodn · fondd · fonnd · ofnd
  • Fundeffunde · fnude · fudne · fundde · funed · funnde · ufnde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Fond" and "Funde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fɔ̃ː] versus [ˈfʊndə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Fond" or "Funde"?
"Funde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,285 in our German list, against #23,131 for "Fond". 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 "Fond" and "Funde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fond" 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 #1,640,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fond" and "Funde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fond vs Fondue". 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 #1,640,546 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