FeldvsFundWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Feld” and “Fund” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,082
“Feld” frequency rank
#25,661
“Fund” frequency rank
74743
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Feld Fund
Definition Champ, surface cultivée. Objet trouvé.

Where the eye mixes Feld and Fund

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Feld and Fund follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Feld
4 ch
Fund

Why the eye confuses Feld with Fund

A purely visual mix-up. Feld (\fɛlt\) and Fund (\fʊnt\) 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 74743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Feld is recorded at frequency rank #49,082, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɛlt\. Fund is at rank #25,661, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʊnt\.

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 74743, this pair ranks #36,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Feld vs Fund

Shared letters: df. Private to "Feld": el. Private to "Fund": nu.

"Feld" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Fund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Feld ← efld · fedl · feldd · felld · ffeld · fled
  • Fund ← ffund · fnud · fudn · fundd · funnd · ufnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Feld" and "Fund" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\fɛlt\ versus \fʊnt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Feld" or "Fund"?
"Fund" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,661 in our French list, against #49,082 for "Feld". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "Feld" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Feld" and "Fund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fee vs Feld". 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 #36,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list