# find

> English word · Verb · IPA /faɪnd/ · frequency rank #169

## Definitions
1. To locate
2. To locate
3. To locate
4. To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.
5. To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
6. To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
7. To meet with; to receive.
8. To point out.
9. To decide that, to conclude that, to form the opinion that, to consider.
10. To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
11. To supply; to furnish.
12. To provide for
13. To determine or judge.
14. To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
15. To discover game.

## Etymology
From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”).
See also West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna; also English path, Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊), Sanskrit पथ (pathá, “path”), Proto-Slavic *pǫtь.
For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *najьti > Russian найти́ (najtí), akin to Proto-Slavic *jьti > идти́ (idtí); Russian находи́ть (naxodítʹ), нахо́дка (naxódka), akin to ход (xod), ходи́ть (xodítʹ).

## Easily confused with
- **FN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fn)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fun)
- **fit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fit)
- **fix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fix)
- **fir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fir)
- **FNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fnc)
- **FIS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fis)
- **five** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-five)
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-food)
- **fire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fire)
- **fine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fine)
- **fish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fish)
- **fund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fund)
- **firm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-firm)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-ford)
- **fits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fits)
- **Fred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fred)
- **fled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fled)
- **fist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fist)
- **fond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fond)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ffind`, `fidn`, `findd`, `finnd`, `fnid`, `ifnd`

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