fenda vs fundo, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“fenda” is a noun and “fundo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,060
“fenda” frequency rank: #850
“fundo” frequency rank: 16910
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fenda	fundo
Definition	abertura em algo rachado	que está abaixo da superfície ou do nível; que tem profundidade; que adentra

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set fenda and fundo apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

fenda

5 ch

fundo

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fenda is /ˈfẽ.dɐ/ while fundo is /ˈfũ.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16910, 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/. fundo is at rank #850, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈfũ.du/.

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 16910, this pair ranks #54,509 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fenda vs fundo

Shared letters: dfn. Private to "fenda": ae. Private to "fundo": ou.

"fenda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fundo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

fenda ← efnda · fedna · fenad · fendda · fennda · ffenda · fneda
fundo ← ffundo · fnudo · fudno · funddo · funndo · funod · ufndo

Frequency comparison

fenda#16,060

fundo#850

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fenda" and "fundo" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fenda" is a noun and "fundo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "fenda" or "fundo"?

"fundo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #850 in our Portuguese list, against #16,060 for "fenda". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering fenda vs fundo

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “fenda”; for an adjective, it's “fundo”.
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