fundavsfungoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#15,121
“funda” frequency rank
#16,519
“fungo” frequency rank
31640
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature funda fungo
Definition aparelho para lançar pedras primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo fungar

Letter map: funda vs fungo

Shared letters muted; letters that set funda and fungo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. funda 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
funda
5 ch
fungo

Grammar separator: funda vs fungo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: funda is anoun and fungoaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

funda is recorded at frequency rank #15,121, classified as anoun. 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 31640, this pair ranks #36,382 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of funda vs fungo

Shared letters: fnu. Private to "funda": ad. Private to "fungo": go.

"funda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "fungo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • funda ← ffunda · fnuda · fudna · funad · fundda · funnda · ufnda
  • fungo ← ffungo · fnugo · fugno · funggo · funngo · funog · ufngo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "funda" for "fungo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "funda" is a noun and "fungo" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "funda" or "fungo"?
"funda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,121 in our Portuguese list, against #16,519 for "fungo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "funda" vs "fungo" 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 "fungo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,382 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "funda" and "fungo" 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 #36,382 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