findvsfundaTell them apart

Quick tell: find is a verb, funda is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“find” is a verb and “funda” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,055
“find” frequency rank
#15,121
“funda” frequency rank
24176
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature find funda
Definition encontrar aparelho para lançar pedras

Letter map: find vs funda

Shared letters muted; letters that set find and funda apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
find
5 ch
funda

Role in the sentence - find and funda

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: find is averb and fundaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

find is recorded at frequency rank #9,055, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈfaɪnd/. 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 24176, this pair ranks #45,508 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of find vs funda

Shared letters: dfn. Private to "find": i. Private to "funda": au.

"find" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "funda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findffind · fidn · findd · finnd · fnid · ifnd
  • fundaffunda · fnuda · fudna · funad · fundda · funnda · ufnda

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "find" and "funda" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "find" is a verb and "funda" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "find" or "funda"?
"find" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,055 in our Portuguese list, against #15,121 for "funda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "find" and "funda".

  • Full dictionary entry for "find" 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 #45,508 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "find" and "funda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finta vs funda". 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 #45,508 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