fundsvsfungWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“funds” and “fung” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,862
“funds” frequency rank
#30,806
“fung” frequency rank
32668
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature funds fung
Definition plural of fund Fungus.

Letter map: funds vs fung

Shared letters muted; letters that set funds and fung apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
funds
4 ch
fung

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

funds and fung are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

funds is recorded at frequency rank #1,862, classified as anoun, pronounced /fʌndz/. fung is at rank #30,806, tagged as anoun.

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 32668, this pair ranks #335,922 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of funds vs fung

Shared letters: fnu. Private to "funds": ds. Private to "fung": g.

"funds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "fung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundsffunds · fnuds · fudns · fundds · fundss · funnds · funsd · ufnds
  • fungffung · fnug · fugn · fungg · funng · ufng

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "funds" and "fung" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "funds" or "fung"?
"funds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,862 in our English list, against #30,806 for "fung". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list