fendavsfundaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“fenda” and “funda” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,060
“fenda” frequency rank
#15,121
“funda” frequency rank
31181
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fenda funda
Definition abertura em algo rachado aparelho para lançar pedras

Letter map: fenda vs funda

Shared letters muted; letters that set fenda and funda apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. fenda and funda follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
fenda
5 ch
funda

Pair insight - fenda / funda

fenda and funda are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - e in “fenda” becomes u in “funda”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fenda is recorded at frequency rank #16,060, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfẽ.dɐ/. funda is at rank #15,121, tagged as anoun.

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 31181, this pair ranks #36,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fenda vs funda

Shared letters: adfn. Private to "fenda": e. Private to "funda": u.

"fenda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "funda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fenda ← efnda · fedna · fenad · fendda · fennda · ffenda · fneda
  • funda ← ffunda · fnuda · fudna · funad · fundda · funnda · ufnda

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fenda" and "funda" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by a single letter - e in “fenda” becomes u in “funda”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "fenda" vs "funda" - which ranks higher?
"funda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,121 in our Portuguese list, against #16,060 for "fenda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "fenda" vs "funda" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fenda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "funda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fenda" and "funda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fenda vs finta". 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 #36,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list