feudovsfondoConfusable pair

Which to use

“feudo” and “fondo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,275
“feudo” frequency rank
#765
“fondo” frequency rank
26040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature feudo fondo
Definition Contrato por el cual los soberanos y los grandes señores concedían en la Edad Media tierras o rentas en usufructo, obligándose quien las recibía a guardar fidelidad de vasallo al donante, prestarle el servicio militar y acudir a las asambleas políticas y judiciales que el señor convocaba Lugar más hacia dentro o profundo de un sitio cerrado.

Where the eye mixes feudo and fondo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
feudo
5 ch
fondo

Why the eye confuses feudo with fondo

A purely visual mix-up. feudo ([ˈfewð̞o]) and fondo ([ˈfõn̪d̪o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

feudo is recorded at frequency rank #25,275, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfewð̞o]. fondo is at rank #765, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfõn̪d̪o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 26040, this pair ranks #233,618 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of feudo vs fondo

Shared letters: dfo. Private to "feudo": eu. Private to "fondo": n.

"feudo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "fondo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • feudoefudo · feduo · feuddo · feuod · ffeudo · fuedo
  • fondoffondo · fnodo · fodno · fonddo · fonndo · fonod · ofndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "feudo" for "fondo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfewð̞o] versus [ˈfõn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "feudo" or "fondo"?
"fondo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #765 in our Spanish list, against #25,275 for "feudo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "feudo" and "fondo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "feudo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fondo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,618 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "feudo" and "fondo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feudo vs feudos". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #233,618 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list