# finally

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/ · frequency rank #690

## Definitions
1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
2. At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.
3. To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
4. Definitively, comprehensively.

## Etymology
From Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **finals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finally-vs-finals)
- **finely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finally-vs-finely)
- **Finley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finally-vs-finley)
- **Finlay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finally-vs-finlay)
- **Findlay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finally-vs-findlay)
- **fiscally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finally-vs-fiscally)
- **final** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/final-vs-finally)
- **filly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filly-vs-finally)
- **finale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finale-vs-finally)
- **fatally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fatally-vs-finally)
- **finality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finality-vs-finally)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ffinally`, `fianlly`, `finallyy`, `finaly`, `finalyl`, `finlaly`, `finnally`, `fnially`, `ifnally`

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