# Finney

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #32,398

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in King County, Texas, United States.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from several minor places in Cheshire, from either Old English finig (“heap”) or finn (“coarse grass”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).

## Easily confused with
- **funny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finney-vs-funny)
- **Finns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finney-vs-finns)
- **funnel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finney-vs-funnel)
- **fine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fine-vs-finney)
- **Finn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finn-vs-finney)
- **fines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fines-vs-finney)
- **fined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fined-vs-finney)
- **Fanny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-finney)
- **finer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finer-vs-finney)
- **finger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finger-vs-finney)
- **finely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finely-vs-finney)
- **finder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-finney)
- **Finley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finley-vs-finney)
- **fennel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fennel-vs-finney)
- **Finlay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finlay-vs-finney)
- **fanned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanned-vs-finney)
- **Feeney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeney-vs-finney)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffinney`, `fineny`, `finey`, `finneyy`, `finnye`, `fniney`, `ifnney`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/finney