# fauna vs found

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fauna
*noun · IPA /ˈfɔːnə/ · frequency rank #14,534*
Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time.

### found
*verb · IPA /faʊnd/ · frequency rank #197*
simple past and past participle of find

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-found