Finalist

[finaˈlɪst]

/[finaˈlɪst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Finalist” is uncommon German (frequency #58,771 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,771
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teilnehmer im Finale eines Wettbewerbs

Corpus desk

Index DE-finalist · Finalist · German

Finalist · rank #58,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,771
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH filzen

Nearest frequency peer: filzen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Finalist“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Finalist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Finalist
PropertyValue
HeadwordFinalist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[finaˈlɪst]
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,771
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Finalist“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Finalistfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „filzen“ (#58,770), „firefly“ (#58,772), „Filmfestspiele“ (#58,769). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Finalist“ bei #58,771. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Finalist is uncommon German at frequency #58,771 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [finaˈlɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teilnehmer im Finale eines Wettbewerbs".

No misspelling variants are generated for Finalist in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Finalist, spelled F-I-N-A-L-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teilnehmer im Finale eines Wettbewerbs

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Finalist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Elmar Mock, Ingenieur der Swatch-Uhr und Erfinder oder Miterfinder von 178 Patentfamilien in 30 Jahren, ist als Finalist für den Europäischen Erfinderpreis 2017 nominiert worden.“

Synonyms

EndrundenteilnehmerFinalteilnehmer

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Finalist"?
"Finalist" is spelled F-I-N-A-L-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [finaˈlɪst].
What does "Finalist" mean?
As a noun, "Finalist" means: Teilnehmer im Finale eines Wettbewerbs
How do you pronounce "Finalist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Finalist" is [finaˈlɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Finalist" come from?
"Finalist" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Finalist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fiktives#58,768flimmern#58,776Garanten#58,795geartete#58,798

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list