finaliste
\fi.nal.ist\
The verdict
“finaliste” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,384 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #13,384
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est qualifié pour la finale, qui participe ou a participé à la finale, dans des tournois par élimination.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | finaliste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fi.nal.ist\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “finaliste” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for finaliste is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fi.nal.ist\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,384 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for finaliste, with forms such as "ffinaliste", "fianliste", and "finailste". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "finalité", "finalités", "finalistes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 finaliste, spelled F-I-N-A-L-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est qualifié pour la finale, qui participe ou a participé à la finale, dans des tournois par élimination.
- 2Dans certaines compétitions, tels les Jeux Olympiques, qui se classe parmi les huit premiers.
- 3Qui a participé à la finale en ayant perdu ou, selon le type de compétition, sans avoir terminé sur le podium ou qui s'est classé entre la quatrième et la huitième place.
- 4Relatif au finalisme, à la téléologie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffinaliste,fianliste,finailste,finaliset,finalisste,finalistte,finalitse,finalliste,finalsite,finlaiste,finnaliste,fnialiste,ifnaliste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of finaliste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “finaliste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-I-N-A-L-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fi.nal.ist\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “finalité” - see the side-by-side comparison. finaliste vs finalité
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.