Which to use
“fu” is an intj and “fund” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,543
- “fu” frequency rank
- #1,600
- “fund” frequency rank
- 10143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fu | fund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Initialism of fuck you. | A sum or source of money. |
Letter map: fu vs fund
Shared letters muted; letters that set fu and fund apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for fu / fund
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fu is anintj and fundanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “fu” sits inside “fund”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fu is recorded at frequency rank #8,543, classified as anintj. 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 10143, this pair ranks #493,772 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fu vs fund
Shared letters: fu. Private to "fu": -. Private to "fund": dn.
"fu" · 2 letters · shape CV · "fund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fund ← ffund · fnud · fudn · fundd · funnd · ufnd
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fu" for "fund" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fu" or "fund"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fu" and "fund".
- Full dictionary entry for "fu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #493,772 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fu" and "fund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foh vs fu". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #493,772 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.