Which to use
“fund” is a noun and “fürs” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,370
- “fund” frequency rank
- #1,292
- “fürs” frequency rank
- 9662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fund | fürs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fonds, Anlagefonds, Kapital | für das |
Where the eye mixes fund and fürs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. fund and fürs follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between fund and fürs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fund is [fʌnd] while fürs is [fyːɐ̯s]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs abbrev), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9662, 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]. fürs is at rank #1,292, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [fyːɐ̯s].
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 9662, this pair ranks #1,978,886 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fund vs fürs
Shared letters: f. Private to "fund": dnu. Private to "fürs": rsü.
"fund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fürs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fund ← ffund · fnud · fudn · fundd · funnd · ufnd
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fund" and "fürs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "fund" or "fürs" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fund" and "fürs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fund" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fürs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,978,886 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fund" and "fürs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fund vs funzt". 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 #1,978,886 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.