# found

> English word · Verb · IPA /faʊnd/ · frequency rank #197

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of find

## Etymology
See find.

## Easily confused with
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-fun)
- **four** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-four)
- **fund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-fund)
- **funk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-funk)
- **fung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-fung)
- **funds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-funds)
- **founded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-founded)
- **founder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-founder)
- **foundry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-foundry)
- **fou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fou-vs-found)
- **find** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-found)
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/food-vs-found)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ford-vs-found)
- **foul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foul-vs-found)
- **fond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fond-vs-found)
- **font** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-found)
- **feud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feud-vs-found)
- **fend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fend-vs-found)
- **fong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fong-vs-found)
- **fluid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fluid-vs-found)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffound`, `fonud`, `foudn`, `foundd`, `founnd`, `fuond`, `ofund`

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