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Rule "fount vs found"

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Description: fount vs found
Message: Did you mean the verb found (past tense of "to find")?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • She finally fount what she was looking for.
    Correction suggestion: found
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: FOUNT_FOUND [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-18 22:33:07 +0200)