Which to use
“food” and “fund” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,772
- “food” frequency rank
- #21,756
- “fund” frequency rank
- 29528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | fund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | alimento | fundo, capital |
Where the eye mixes food and fund
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. food (CVVC) and fund (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: food vs fund
A purely visual mix-up. food (/fud/) and fund (/ˈfʌnd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #7,772, classified as anoun, pronounced /fud/. fund is at rank #21,756, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfʌnd/.
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 29528, this pair ranks #39,076 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of food vs fund
Shared letters: df. Private to "food": o. Private to "fund": nu.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "food" and "fund" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "food" vs "fund" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "food" and "fund" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "food" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,076 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "food" and "fund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fon vs fund". 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 #39,076 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.