Which to use
“funds” and “fungus” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,862
- “funds” frequency rank
- #14,329
- “fungus” frequency rank
- 16191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | funds | fungus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of fund | Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular. |
Where the eye mixes funds and fungus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. funds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against fungus's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: funds vs fungus
A purely visual mix-up. funds (/fʌndz/) and fungus (/ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16191, 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/. fungus is at rank #14,329, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/.
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 16191, this pair ranks #459,317 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of funds vs fungus
Shared letters: fnsu. Private to "funds": d. Private to "fungus": g.
"funds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "fungus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "funds" for "fungus" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "funds" or "fungus" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "funds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fungus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #459,317 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "funds" and "fungus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fugue vs fungus". 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 #459,317 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.