half-finished
"half-finished" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“half-finished” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | half-finished |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “half-finished” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for half-finished is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.".
Zero misspellings are on record for half-finished in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From half- + finished. The correct English form is half-finished, spelled H-A-L-F---F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D.
Definition
- 1Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.
Etymology
From half- + finished.
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.
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Using “half-finished”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-A-L-F---F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.