finned
/fɪnd/
"finned" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“finned” is uncommon English (frequency #68,219 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,219
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having fins, or a particular type of fins.
Corpus desk
Index EN-finned · finned · English
finned · rank #68,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,219
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH finna
Nearest frequency peer: finna (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “finned”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fiercer
fiercer
31,786 corpus weight
- Fillon
Fillon
31,785 corpus weight
- finis
finis
31,784 corpus weight
- finna
finna
31,783 corpus weight
- finned
finned
31,782 corpus weight
- foisted
foisted
31,778 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “finned” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | finned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɪnd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “finned” in English
Rare enough to double-check
finned is uncommon English at frequency #68,219 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fɪnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having fins, or a particular type of fins.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for finned in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fin + -ed. The correct English form is finned, spelled F-I-N-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having fins, or a particular type of fins.
Etymology
From fin + -ed.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).