findovsfungoTell them apart

Quick tell: findo is a adjective, fungo is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“findo” is an adjective and “fungo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,156
“findo” frequency rank
#16,519
“fungo” frequency rank
55675
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature findo fungo
Definition que encerrou(-se), que acabou(-se), passou(-se) primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fungar

Letter map: findo vs fungo

Shared letters muted; letters that set findo and fungo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. findo and fungo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
findo
5 ch
fungo

Grammar separator: findo vs fungo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: findo is anadjective and fungoaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

findo is recorded at frequency rank #39,156, classified as anadj. fungo is at rank #16,519, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfũ.ɡu/.

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 55675, this pair ranks #10,464 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of findo vs fungo

Shared letters: fno. Private to "findo": di. Private to "fungo": gu.

"findo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "fungo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findo ← ffindo · fidno · finddo · finndo · finod · fnido · ifndo
  • fungo ← ffungo · fnugo · fugno · funggo · funngo · funog · ufngo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "findo" and "fungo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "findo" is an adjective and "fungo" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "findo" or "fungo" show up more?
"fungo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,519 in our Portuguese list, against #39,156 for "findo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "findo" and "fungo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "findo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fungo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,464 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "findo" and "fungo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs findo". 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 #10,464 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