found

\ˈfɑʊnd\

/\ˈfɑʊnd\/ verb

The verdict

“found” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,070
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prétérit et participe passé du verbe to find (« trouver »).

Corpus desk

Index FR-found · found · French

found · rank #27,070 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,070
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH foraine

Nearest frequency peer: foraine (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « found »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « found » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

found vs fun
60% similar
found vs fous
60% similar
found vs fout
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for found
PropertyValue
Headwordfound
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈfɑʊnd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,070
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « found »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).foundse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « foraine » (#27,069), « fourrière » (#27,071), « foncièrement » (#27,068). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « found » est au #27,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around found (IPA \ˈfɑʊnd\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,070 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prétérit et participe passé du verbe to find (« trouver »).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for found, with forms such as "ffound", "foudn", and "foundd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fun", "fous", "fout", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is found, spelled F-O-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prétérit et participe passé du verbe to find (« trouver »).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffound
  • foudn
  • foundd
  • founnd
  • fuond
  • ofund

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of found - 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.

ffound1foudn2foundd1founnd1fuond2ofund2
Edit distance from "found"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "found"?
"found" is spelled F-O-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈfɑʊnd\.
What does "found" mean?
As a verb, "found" means: Prétérit et participe passé du verbe to find (« trouver »).
What words are commonly confused with "found"?
"found" is commonly confused with "fun", "fous", "fout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "found"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "found" is \ˈfɑʊnd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "found" come from?
"found" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "found", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list