# final

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfaɪnl̩/ · frequency rank #527

## Definitions
1. A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
2. A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
3. The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
4. The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
5. The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.

## Etymology
From Middle English final, fynal, fynall, from Old French final, from Latin fīnālis (“of or relating to the end or to boundaries”), from fīnis (“end”); see fine. Replaced native English endly (“final”).

## Easily confused with
- **find** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-find)
- **fine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fine)
- **Finn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-finn)
- **fins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fins)
- **fink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fink)
- **FISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fisa)
- **foal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-foal)
- **finds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-finds)
- **fines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fines)
- **fined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fined)
- **focal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-focal)
- **Fiona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fiona)
- **finch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-finch)
- **finer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-finer)
- **Finns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-finns)
- **finals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-finals)
- **fiscal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fiscal)
- **finale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-finale)
- **finely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-finely)
- **fungal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-fungal)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffinal`, `fianl`, `finall`, `finla`, `finnal`, `fnial`, `ifnal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/final