finest
/ˈfaɪnɪst/noun, adjective
finest is spelled F-I-N-E-S-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,595th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, finest means “Police officers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in finest?
| Letters | 6: F-I-N-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,595th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 finest?
Finest appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,595th 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 finest?
- /ˈfaɪnɪst/
Finest 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: En-us-finest.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with finest?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as finest.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: infest.
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).
What does finest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USinformalPolice officers.
Fifty of New York's finest were on hand for security.
- 2
USinformalMembers of the military.
adjective
- 1
superlative form of fine: most fine
This is the finest wine you can get here.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).