fullvsfundWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: full is a adverb, fund is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“full” is an adverb and “fund” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,066
“full” frequency rank
#21,756
“fund” frequency rank
27822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature full fund
Definition ver completamente fundo, capital

Letter map: full vs fund

Shared letters muted; letters that set full and fund apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
full
4 ch
fund

Grammar separator: full vs fund

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: full is anadverb and fundanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

full is recorded at frequency rank #6,066, classified as anadv. 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 27822, this pair ranks #41,104 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of full vs fund

Shared letters: fu. Private to "full": l. Private to "fund": dn.

"full" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "fund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fullffull · flul · ful · ufll
  • fundffund · fnud · fudn · fundd · funnd · ufnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "full" and "fund" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "full" is an adverb and "fund" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "full" or "fund"?
"full" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,066 in our Portuguese list, against #21,756 for "fund". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "full" and "fund". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "full" 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 #41,104 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "full" 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 #41,104 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