# fund

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfʌnd/ · frequency rank #1,600

## Definitions
1. A sum or source of money.
2. An organization managing such money.
3. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
4. A large supply of something to be drawn upon.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *bʰudʰmḗn
Borrowed from Latin fundus. Doublet of fond and fundus.

## Easily confused with
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fur)
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fut)
- **fury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fury)
- **funk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-funk)
- **fuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fuse)
- **fuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fuss)
- **fuzz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fuzz)
- **furs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-furs)
- **fung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fung)
- **funny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-funny)
- **funds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-funds)
- **funky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-funky)
- **fungi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fungi)
- **fused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fused)
- **funded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-funded)
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fu-vs-fund)
- **FN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fn-vs-fund)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fun-vs-fund)
- **fan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fan-vs-fund)
- **fed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fed-vs-fund)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ffund`, `fnud`, `fudn`, `fundd`, `funnd`, `ufnd`

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