Which to use
“fundir” is a verb and “fundos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,492
- “fundir” frequency rank
- #2,272
- “fundos” frequency rank
- 29764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fundir | fundos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | derreter pela ação do fogo | a parte de uma casa, de um edifício oposta à fachada |
Where the eye mixes fundir and fundos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fundir and fundos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between fundir and fundos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fundir is /fũ.ˈdiɾ/ while fundos is /ˈfũ.duʃ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fundir is recorded at frequency rank #27,492, classified as averb, pronounced /fũ.ˈdiɾ/. 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 29764, this pair ranks #38,813 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fundir vs fundos
Shared letters: dfnu. Private to "fundir": ir. Private to "fundos": os.
"fundir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fundos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fundir" for "fundos" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "fundir" or "fundos" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "fundir" 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 #38,813 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fundir" and "fundos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fender vs fundir". 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 #38,813 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.