Which to use
“find” is a verb and “fine” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #169
- “find” frequency rank
- #586
- “fine” frequency rank
- 755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | find | fine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To locate | Senses referring to subjective quality. |
Where the eye mixes find and fine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: find is /faɪnd/ while fine is /faɪn/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “find” becomes e in “fine”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
find is recorded at frequency rank #169, classified as averb, pronounced /faɪnd/. fine is at rank #586, tagged as anadj, pronounced /faɪn/.
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 755, this pair ranks #528,854 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of find vs fine
Shared letters: fin. Private to "find": d. Private to "fine": e.
"find" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV