finer
/ˈfaɪnɚ/noun, adjective
finer is spelled F-I-N-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, finer means “One who fines or purifies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of finer is finers.
How many letters and syllables are in finer?
| Letters | 5: F-I-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is finer?
Finer appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce finer?
- UK /ˈfaɪnə/
- US /ˈfaɪnɚ/
- Australia /ˈfɑɪnə/
Finer has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-finer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with finer?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as finer from its last stressed vowel (/aɪnəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: infer.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of finer
- finers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does finer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who fines or purifies.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of fine: more fine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).