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“funda” and “fundos” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,121
“funda” frequency rank
#2,272
“fundos” frequency rank
17393
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature funda fundos
Definition aparelho para lançar pedras a parte de uma casa, de um edifício oposta à fachada

Letter map: funda vs fundos

Shared letters muted; letters that set funda and fundos apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. funda runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fundos's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
funda
6 ch
fundos

Corpus notes: funda and fundos

funda and fundos are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

funda is recorded at frequency rank #15,121, classified as anoun. fundos is at rank #2,272, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfũ.duʃ/.

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 17393, this pair ranks #53,855 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of funda vs fundos

Shared letters: dfnu. Private to "funda": a. Private to "fundos": os.

"funda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "fundos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • funda ← ffunda · fnuda · fudna · funad · fundda · funnda · ufnda
  • fundos ← ffundos · fnudos · fudnos · funddos · fundoss · fundso · funndos · funods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "funda" and "fundos" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "funda" vs "fundos" - which ranks higher?
"fundos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,272 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.

What to do next

Pair "funda" vs "fundos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "funda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fundos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,855 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "funda" and "fundos" 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 #53,855 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