finally
/ˈfaɪ.nə.li/
"finally" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“finally” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #690
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
Corpus desk
Index EN-finally · finally · English
finally · rank #690 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #690
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH design
Nearest frequency peer: design (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “finally”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- answer
answer
99,314 corpus weight
- boy
boy
99,313 corpus weight
- design
design
99,312 corpus weight
- finally
finally
99,311 corpus weight
- girls
girls
99,310 corpus weight
- gold
gold
99,309 corpus weight
What this shows “finally” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | finally |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “finally”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around finally (IPA /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #690 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for finally, with forms such as "ffinally", "fianlly", and "finallyy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "finals", "finely", "Finley", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly. The correct English form is finally, spelled F-I-N-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- 2At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.
- 3To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
- 4Definitively, comprehensively.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how finally appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
In a world in which "like singing,/ the next day's shriek for ease rises," in a world whose "survivors" are "capable of any cry, never done/ clasping in the city's shaken places," it is perhaps not surprising to find a dehumanizing but finally protective system of alienation imposing itself.
Etymology
From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffinally
- fianlly
- finallyy
- finaly
- finalyl
- finlaly
- finnally
- fnially
- ifnally
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of finally - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
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