fundo vs fuso, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“fundo” is an adjective and “fuso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#850
“fundo” frequency rank: #20,614
“fuso” frequency rank: 21464
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fundo	fuso
Definition	que está abaixo da superfície ou do nível; que tem profundidade; que adentra	seção de superfície esférica compreendida entre dois semi-círculos de uma esfera

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set fundo and fuso apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

fundo

4 ch

fuso

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fundo is /ˈfũ.du/ while fuso is /ˈfu.zu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fundo is recorded at frequency rank #850, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈfũ.du/. fuso is at rank #20,614, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfu.zu/.

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 21464, this pair ranks #48,783 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fundo vs fuso

Shared letters: fou. Private to "fundo": dn. Private to "fuso": s.

"fundo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fuso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

fundo ← ffundo · fnudo · fudno · funddo · funndo · funod · ufndo
fuso ← ffuso · fsuo · fuos · fusso · ufso

Frequency comparison

fundo#850

fuso#20,614

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fundo" and "fuso" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fundo" is an adjective and "fuso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "fundo" or "fuso"?

"fundo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #850 in our Portuguese list, against #20,614 for "fuso". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering fundo vs fuso

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “fundo”; for a noun, it's “fuso”.
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