finishing
/ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/noun, verb
finishing is spelled F-I-N-I-S-H-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, finishing means “The act of completing something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of finishing is finishings.
How many letters and syllables are in finishing?
| Letters | 9: F-I-N-I-S-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,302nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is finishing?
Finishing appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd 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 finishing?
- /ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/
Finishing has 3 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)-Vealhurl-finishing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of finishing
- finishings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does finishing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of completing something.
- 2
Shooting ability.
That guy's a slow and lazy player, but he's got excellent finishing.
- 3
The final work upon or ornamentation of a thing; finish.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of finish
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).