# found vs four

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### four
*num · IPA /foɹ/ · frequency rank #272*
A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)

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