fundvsFundusTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,370
“fund” frequency rank
#28,196
“Fundus” frequency rank
36566
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fund Fundus
Definition Fonds, Anlagefonds, Kapital Menge, Sammlung von Gegenständen

Where the eye mixes fund and Fundus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
fund
6 ch
Fundus

Look-alike desk: fund vs Fundus

A purely visual mix-up. fund ([fʌnd]) and Fundus ([ˈfʊndʊs]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “fund” sits inside “Fundus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fund is recorded at frequency rank #8,370, classified as anoun, pronounced [fʌnd]. 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 36566, this pair ranks #1,612,305 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fund vs Fundus

Shared letters: dfnu. Private to "fund": -. Private to "Fundus": s.

"fund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Fundus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundffund · fnud · fudn · fundd · funnd · ufnd
  • Fundusffundus · fnudus · fudnus · funddus · fundsu · funduss · funndus · funuds

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fund" for "Fundus" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fʌnd] versus [ˈfʊndʊs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fund" vs "Fundus" - which ranks higher?
"fund" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,370 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

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fund" 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 #1,612,305 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fund" 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 #1,612,305 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