Français homophones

fini/finie/finies/finis/finit

"fini" is an adjective; "finit" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #101 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "fini" arrives as an adjective, while "finit" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "fini" then splits - "fini" (4 letters) vs "finie" (5).
Shared stem "fini" then splits - "fini" (4 letters) vs "finies" (6).
Shared stem "fini" then splits - "fini" (4 letters) vs "finis" (5).
Shared stem "fini" then splits - "fini" (4 letters) vs "finit" (5).
Shared stem "finie" then splits - "finie" (5 letters) vs "finies" (6).
Single-letter fork: "finie" keeps e, "finis" writes s at letter 5.
Single-letter fork: "finie" keeps e, "finit" writes t at letter 5.
Shared stem "fini" then splits - "finies" (6 letters) vs "finis" (5).
Shared stem "fini" then splits - "finies" (6 letters) vs "finit" (5).
Single-letter fork: "finis" keeps s, "finit" writes t at letter 5.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across fini, finie, finies, finis, finit: fin. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

fini
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory fin · no private letters vs siblings
finie
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVV
Inventory efin · private e
finies
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCVVC
Inventory efins · private es
finis
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory fins · private s
finit
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory fint · private t

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "fini" when you mean: Qui a une fin, limité.
Write "finie" when you mean: Féminin singulier de fini.
Write "finies" when you mean: Féminin pluriel de fini.
Write "finis" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif fini.
Write "finit" when you mean: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de finir.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

fini ← ffini · fiin · finni · fnii · ifni
finie ← ffinie · fiine · finei · finnie · fniie · ifnie
finies ← ffinies · fiines · fineis · finiess · finnies · fniies
finis ← ffinis · fiins · finiss · finnis · finsi · fniis
finit ← ffinit · fiint · finitt · finnit · finti · fniit

Each spelling

fini

adjective · /\fi.ni\/ · #789 frequency

Qui a une fin, limité.

finie

adjective · /\fi.ni\/ · #7,695 frequency

Féminin singulier de fini.

finies

adjective · /\fi.ni\/ · #21,321 frequency

Féminin pluriel de fini.

finis

adjective · /\fi.ni\/ · #5,039 frequency

Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif fini.

finit

verb · /\fi.ni\/ · #2,125 frequency

Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de finir.