Which to use
“fund” and “fundo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,649
- “fund” frequency rank
- #26,057
- “fundo” frequency rank
- 51706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fund | fundo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fondo. | Conjunto formado por el suelo de un terreno con todo lo que contiene y cuanto produce natural o artificialmente. |
Where the eye mixes fund and fundo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fund runs 4 letters (CVCC) against fundo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fund with fundo
A purely visual mix-up. fund (/ˈfʌnd/) and fundo ([ˈfũn̪d̪o]) 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 extra letter(s) - “fund” sits inside “fundo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fund is recorded at frequency rank #25,649, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfʌnd/. fundo is at rank #26,057, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfũn̪d̪o].
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 51706, this pair ranks #96,496 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fund vs fundo
Shared letters: dfnu. Private to "fund": -. Private to "fundo": o.
"fund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fundo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fund" for "fundo" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "fund" or "fundo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fund" and "fundo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fund" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fundo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,496 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fund" and "fundo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fundió vs fundo". 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 #96,496 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.