fung
"fung" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fung” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,806
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fungus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fung · fung · English
fung · rank #30,806 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,806
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fuming
Nearest frequency peer: fuming (-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 “fung”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- freebies
freebies
69,198 corpus weight
- fuming
fuming
69,196 corpus weight
- fung
fung
69,195 corpus weight
- Galen
Galen
69,194 corpus weight
- geriatric
geriatric
69,191 corpus weight
- gleaned
gleaned
69,190 corpus weight
What this shows “fung” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fung |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #30,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fung”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around fung, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,806 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fungus.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fung, with forms such as "ffung", "fnug", and "fugn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fur", "fut", "fury", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicization of fungus. The correct English form is fung, spelled F-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Fungus.
Etymology
Anglicization of fungus.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffung
- fnug
- fugn
- fungg
- funng
- ufng
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fung - 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.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).