finally
/ˈfaɪ.nə.li/
The verdict
“finally” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,531 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,531
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Finalmente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | finally |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “finally” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
finally is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,531 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈfaɪ.nə.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Finalmente.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for finally, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is finally, spelled F-I-N-A-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Finalmente.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “finally”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-I-N-A-L-L-Y - 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.