funda

noun

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The verdict

“funda” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,121
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aparelho para lançar pedras

Corpus desk

Index PT-funda · funda · Portuguese

funda · rank #15,121 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,121
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fiscalizar

Nearest frequency peer: fiscalizar (-3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “funda”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “funda” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

funda vs funk
60% similar
funda vs fundo
80% similar
funda vs fungo
60% similar

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

Key facts for funda
PropertyValue
Headwordfunda
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,121
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “funda”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).fundacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “fiscalizar” (#15,118), “gancho” (#15,124), “firmemente” (#15,117). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “funda” fica em #15,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around funda, anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,121 among 853 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aparelho para lançar pedras".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for funda, with forms such as "ffunda", "fnuda", and "fudna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "funk", "fundo", "fungo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is funda, spelled F-U-N-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    aparelho para lançar pedras

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how funda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sobre a pedagogia

This word in other languages

sling(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffunda
  • fnuda
  • fudna
  • funad
  • fundda
  • funnda
  • ufnda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of funda - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffunda1fnuda2fudna2funad2fundda1funnda1ufnda2
Edit distance from "funda"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "funda"?
"funda" is spelled F-U-N-D-A.
What does "funda" mean?
As a noun, "funda" means: aparelho para lançar pedras
What words are commonly confused with "funda"?
"funda" is commonly confused with "funk", "fundo", "fungo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "funda" come from?
"funda" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fezes#15,115esqui#15,109pinho#15,178ração#15,189

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

mirror7 variantsshake7 variantsAndes7 variantstinto7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list