finish off
"finish-off" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“finish off” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To finish completely.
Corpus desk
Index EN-finish-off · finish off · English
finish off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | finish off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “finish off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
finish off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for finish off, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is finish off, spelled F-I-N-I-S-H- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To finish completely.
- 2To kill, to cause to die.
- 3To bring to orgasm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how finish off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: polish off (sometimes synonymous)
I was hungry, so I finished off the last of the cakes.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.