Which to use
“food” and “fund” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #386
- “food” frequency rank
- #1,600
- “fund” frequency rank
- 1986
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | fund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. | A sum or source of money. |
Where the eye mixes food and fund
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. food (/fuːd/) and fund (/ˈfʌnd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #386, classified as anoun, pronounced /fuːd/. fund is at rank #1,600, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfʌnd/.
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 1986, this pair ranks #526,122 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of food vs fund
Shared letters: df. Private to "food": o. Private to "fund": nu.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC