finalement

\fi.nal.mɑ̃\

/\fi.nal.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“finalement” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#788
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour en finir ; en dernier résultat ; en dernier lieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-finalement · finalement · French

finalement · rank #788 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #788
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fini

Nearest frequency peer: fini (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « finalement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « finalement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

finalement vs finement
80% similar
finalement vs financement
82% similar
finalement vs fiscalement
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for finalement
PropertyValue
Headwordfinalement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\fi.nal.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#788
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « finalement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).finalementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fini » (#789), « charge » (#786), « haute » (#790). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « finalement » est au #788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around finalement (IPA \fi.nal.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #788 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pour en finir ; en dernier résultat ; en dernier lieu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for finalement, with forms such as "ffinalement", "fianlement", and "finaelment". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "finement", "financement", "fiscalement", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is finalement, spelled F-I-N-A-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pour en finir ; en dernier résultat ; en dernier lieu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how finalement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C'était la première fois qu'il se risquait au Montparnasse. Ses regards inspectèrent la salle et, finalement, se fixèrent sur la grosse nuque puissante de Feempje.
  2. Les groupes ukrainiens, mexicains, lettons et lituaniens, qui devaient y participer, n’ont finalement pas pu être présents pour entonner la Marseillaise.

This word in other languages

finally(English)finalmente(Español)schließlich(Deutsch)em fim(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffinalement
  • fianlement
  • finaelment
  • finaleemnt
  • finalemennt
  • finalementt
  • finalemetn
  • finalemment
  • finalemnet
  • finallement
  • finalmeent
  • finlaement
  • finnalement
  • fnialement
  • ifnalement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of finalement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffinalement1fianlement2finaelment2finaleemnt2finalemennt1finalementt1finalemetn2finalemment1
Edit distance from "finalement"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "finalement"?
"finalement" is spelled F-I-N-A-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.nal.mɑ̃\.
What does "finalement" mean?
As an adverb, "finalement" means: Pour en finir ; en dernier résultat ; en dernier lieu.
What words are commonly confused with "finalement"?
"finalement" is commonly confused with "finement", "financement", "fiscalement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "finalement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "finalement" is \fi.nal.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "finalement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "finalement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

rapidement15 variantsdifférents15 variantsexpérience15 variantsrépublique15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list