foundry

/ˈfaʊn.dɹi/

//ˈfaʊn.dɹi// noun

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"foundry" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“foundry” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,091
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, bra...

Corpus desk

Index EN-foundry · foundry · English

foundry · rank #19,091 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,091
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH forging

Nearest frequency peer: forging (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “foundry”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “foundry” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

foundry vs found
71% similar
foundry vs fondly
71% similar
foundry vs founded
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for foundry
PropertyValue
Headwordfoundry
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfaʊn.dɹi/
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,091
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “foundry”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).foundrylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “forging” (#19,090), “forfeit” (#19,089), “fro” (#19,093). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “foundry” is #19,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around foundry (IPA /ˈfaʊn.dɹi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,091 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for foundry, with forms such as "ffoundry", "fonudry", and "foudnry". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "found", "fondly", "founded", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; process”). The correct English form is foundry, spelled F-O-U-N-D-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
  2. 2
    The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
  3. 3
    A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how foundry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry. […] So after a short spell in the brass foundry the wisest course was to follow with a similar period in the steel foundry, where much important wor…
  2. Chang gained trust by allaying fears that TSMC would steal designs, as pure-play foundries have no use of them; TSMC stealing from chip designers would be like a printing press stealing plots from novelists.

Etymology

From French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; process”).

Synonyms

fab

This word in other languages

fundición(Español)fonderie(Français)Gießerei(Deutsch)fundição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffoundry
  • fonudry
  • foudnry
  • founddry
  • foundrry
  • foundryy
  • foundyr
  • founndry
  • founrdy
  • fuondry
  • ofundry

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foundry - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffoundry1fonudry2foudnry2founddry1foundrry1foundryy1foundyr2founndry1
Edit distance from "foundry"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foundry"?
"foundry" is spelled F-O-U-N-D-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfaʊn.dɹi/.
What does "foundry" mean?
As a noun, "foundry" means: A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, bra...
What words are commonly confused with "foundry"?
"foundry" is commonly confused with "found", "fondly", "founded". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "foundry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foundry" is /ˈfaʊn.dɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "foundry"?
From French fonderie. By surface analysis, found (“to melt (metals)”) + -ry (“place; process”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "foundry", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

forging#19,090forfeit#19,089giraffe#19,096favours#19,084

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

grinder11 variantsHermione11 variantselective11 variantsearthly11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list