# founded

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfaʊndɪd/ · frequency rank #2,997

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

## Easily confused with
- **funded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/founded-vs-funded)
- **founder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/founded-vs-founder)
- **foundry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/founded-vs-foundry)
- **found** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/found-vs-founded)
- **folded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folded-vs-founded)
- **fouled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fouled-vs-founded)
- **flounder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flounder-vs-founded)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ffounded`, `fonuded`, `foudned`, `foundde`, `foundded`, `foundedd`, `founedd`, `founnded`, `fuonded`, `ofunded`

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