# fine

> English word · Adjective · IPA /faɪn/ · frequency rank #586

## Definitions
1. Senses referring to subjective quality.
2. Senses referring to subjective quality.
3. Senses referring to subjective quality.
4. Senses referring to subjective quality.
5. Senses referring to subjective quality.
6. Senses referring to subjective quality.
7. Senses referring to subjective quality.
8. Senses referring to subjective quality.
9. Senses referring to objective quality.
10. Senses referring to objective quality.
11. Senses referring to objective quality.
12. Senses referring to objective quality.
13. Senses referring to objective quality.
14. Senses referring to objective quality.
15. Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
16. Subtle; thin; tenuous.

## Etymology
From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian fino). Doublet of fino.

## Easily confused with
- **FN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fn)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fun)
- **fit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fit)
- **fix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fix)
- **foe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-foe)
- **fir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fir)
- **FNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fnc)
- **FIS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fis)
- **FTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fte)
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-free)
- **five** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-five)
- **fire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fire)
- **fish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fish)
- **fund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fund)
- **firm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-firm)
- **fits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fits)
- **fist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fist)
- **fond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-fond)
- **flee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-flee)
- **font** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-font)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ffine`, `fien`, `finne`, `fnie`, `ifne`

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