fund
/ˈfʌnd/noun, verb
fund is spelled F-U-N-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 66 times per million words in written English, the 1,602nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fund means “A sum or source of money” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fund is funds.
How many letters and syllables are in fund?
| Letters | 4: F-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 66 times per million words; the 1,602nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is fund?
Fund appears 66 times per million words in written English, the 1,602nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fund?
- /ˈfʌnd/
Fund has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fund.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fund
- funds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- funding participle, present
- funded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fund mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sum or source of money.
the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
- 2
An organization managing such money.
- 3
A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
- 4
A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
verb
- 1
To pay or provide money for.
He used his inheritance to fund his gambling addiction.
- 2
To place (money) in a fund.
- 3
To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fund in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fonds , financer |
| German | Kapital, Fonds , finanzieren |
| Portuguese | fundo, capital , financiar , fundação |
| Spanish | fondo, capital , financiar, sufragar, patrocinar, costear |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fund come from?
Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).