# flounder vs founded

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### flounder
*noun · IPA /ˈflaʊndɚ/ · frequency rank #37,931*
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).

### founded
*verb · IPA /ˈfaʊndɪd/ · frequency rank #2,997*
simple past and past participle of found

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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