Which to use
“fundação” and “fundição” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,537
- “fundação” frequency rank
- #22,039
- “fundição” frequency rank
- 23576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fundação | fundição |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de fundar | oficina onde se fundem metais |
Where the eye mixes fundação and fundição
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. fundação and fundição follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between fundação and fundição
A purely visual mix-up. fundação (/fũ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and fundição (/fũ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “fundação” becomes i in “fundição”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fundação is recorded at frequency rank #1,537, classified as anoun, pronounced /fũ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. fundição is at rank #22,039, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fũ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 23576, this pair ranks #46,230 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fundação vs fundição
Shared letters: dfnouãç. Private to "fundação": a. Private to "fundição": i.
"fundação" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "fundição" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fundação" for "fundição" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fundação" or "fundição"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fundação" and "fundição" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fundação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fundição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,230 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fundação" and "fundição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "função vs fundição". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,230 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.