# fungi

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfʌnd͡ʒaɪ/ · frequency rank #15,414

## Definitions
1. Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
2. plural of fungus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fungī, from fungus + -ī (suffix forming the nominative or vocative plurals of most second-declension nouns ending in -us).

## Easily confused with
- **funk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fungi-vs-funk)
- **funny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fungi-vs-funny)
- **funky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fungi-vs-funky)
- **fungus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fungi-vs-fungus)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fun-vs-fungi)
- **fund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fungi)
- **feng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feng-vs-fungi)
- **fang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fang-vs-fungi)
- **fuji** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fuji-vs-fungi)
- **fong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fong-vs-fungi)
- **fung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fung-vs-fungi)
- **funds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/funds-vs-fungi)
- **flung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flung-vs-fungi)
- **fudge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fudge-vs-fungi)
- **fungal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fungal-vs-fungi)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffungi`, `fnugi`, `fugni`, `funggi`, `funig`, `funngi`, `ufngi`

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