little finger
"little-finger" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“little finger” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - 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) - The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | little finger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “little finger” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for little finger is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. 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: "The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.".
little finger has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English litile fynge, litil fyngir. The correct English form is little finger, spelled L-I-T-T-L-E- -F-I-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.
Etymology
From Middle English litile fynge, litil fyngir.
Synonyms
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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 “little finger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-T-T-L-E- -F-I-N-G-E-R - 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.