New-found or newfound?
new-found is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of newfound”; newfound is an adjective meaning “Recently found; newly discovered”. new-found is written with a hyphen and newfound as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between new-found and newfound?
| new-found | newfound | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective | adjective |
| Meaning | Alternative form of newfound | Recently found; newly discovered |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈnjuː.faʊnd/ /ˈn(j)u.faʊnd/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 1.4 times per million words |
Sources: new-found and newfound in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of new-found and newfound
new-found
- 1
Alternative form of newfound
newfound
- 1
Recently found; newly discovered
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, new-found or newfound?
new-found is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; newfound 1.4 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search new-found vs newfound?
“new-found vs newfound” is searched about 20 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“newfound vs new-found”, “new-found or newfound”).
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