Which to use
“find” and “found” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,448
- “find” frequency rank
- #31,357
- “found” frequency rank
- 57805
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | find | found |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Descubrir, hallar | Pasado simple del verbo (to) find. |
Where the eye mixes find and found
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: find vs found
A purely visual mix-up. find (/faɪnd/) and found (/faʊnd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
find is recorded at frequency rank #26,448, classified as averb, pronounced /faɪnd/. found is at rank #31,357, tagged as averb, pronounced /faʊnd/.
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 57805, this pair ranks #69,003 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of find vs found
Shared letters: dfn. Private to "find": i. Private to "found": ou.
"find" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "found" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "find" and "found" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "find" vs "found" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "find" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "found" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,003 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "find" and "found" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finado vs find". 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 #69,003 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.