# fonda

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,660

## Definitions
1. An inn or hotel in a Spanish-speaking country.

## Etymology
From Spanish fonda, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all, every”) + the combining form of δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to receive”) + -εῖον (-eîon, “-ium: forming building names”). Doublet of fonduk and fondaco.

## Easily confused with
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-food)
- **fund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-fund)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-ford)
- **font** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-font)
- **fong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-fong)
- **fora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-fora)
- **found** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-found)
- **funds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-funds)
- **foods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-foods)
- **Frida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-frida)
- **Freda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-freda)
- **fossa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-fossa)
- **fondly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-fondly)
- **fondue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-fondue)
- **fondant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fonda-vs-fondant)
- **FDA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fda-vs-fonda)
- **find** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-fonda)
- **fond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fond-vs-fonda)
- **fend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fend-vs-fonda)
- **FOIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foia-vs-fonda)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffonda`, `fnoda`, `fodna`, `fonad`, `fondda`, `fonnda`, `ofnda`

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