finite
fi·nite/ˈfaɪ.naɪt/adjective, noun
finite is spelled F-I-N-I-T-E, 2 syllables: fi·nite. The wrong spelling people search most is fianite: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 189 of all searches for the word. Finite is an adjective meaning “Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a…”.
How many letters and syllables are in finite?
| Letters | 6: F-I-N-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fi·nite |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, fianite, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell finite?
Finite is spelled F-I-N-I-T-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 188 of the searches for finite in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is finite?
Finite appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 finite?
- UK /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
- UK /ˈfaɪ.nɪt/
- US /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
Finite has 2 syllables, split fi·nite in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-finite.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of finite
- more finite comparative
- most finite superlative
- finites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does finite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
- 2
Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
- 3
finitely generated (as a module).
noun
- 1
A thing which has an end or limit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Finite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does finite come from?
The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).