finalité

\fi.na.li.te\

/\fi.na.li.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“finalité” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,385
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - But, résultat attendu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-finalite · finalité · French

finalité · rank #13,385 · 12 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,385
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH finaliste

Nearest frequency peer: finaliste (-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 « finalité »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « finalité » 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).

finalité vs fiscalité
78% similar
finalité vs finalités
89% similar
finalité vs finale
63% similar

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

Key facts for finalité
PropertyValue
Headwordfinalité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.na.li.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,385
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « finalité »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « finaliste » (#13,384), « finition » (#13,386), « Fernand » (#13,383). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « finalité » est au #13,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around finalité (IPA \fi.na.li.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,385 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for finalité, with forms such as "ffinalité", "fianlité", and "finailté". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "fiscalité", "finalités", "finale", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is finalité, spelled F-I-N-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    But, résultat attendu.
  2. 2
    Principe philosophique d’après lequel toute chose a été créée en vue d’une fin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La blockchain n’est pas une finalité, mais un simple outil de sécurisation.
  2. La Cour a rappelé que la collecte de données au titre du RGPD « doit être adéquate, pertinente et limitée à ce qui est nécessaire au regard des finalités pour lesquelles ces données sont traitées ».

This word in other languages

end(English)fin(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffinalité
  • fianlité
  • finailté
  • finalite
  • finalitté
  • finaliét
  • finallité
  • finaltié
  • finlaité
  • finnalité
  • fnialité
  • ifnalité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of finalité - 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.

ffinalité1fianlité2finailté2finalite1finalitté1finaliét2finallité1finaltié2
Edit distance from "finalité"

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 "finalité"?
"finalité" is spelled F-I-N-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.na.li.te\.
What does "finalité" mean?
As a noun, "finalité" means: But, résultat attendu.
What words are commonly confused with "finalité"?
"finalité" is commonly confused with "fiscalité", "finalités", "finale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "finalité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "finalité" is \fi.na.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "finalité" come from?
"finalité" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

finition#13,386fraîches#13,391essayent#13,376encadrer#13,372

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

haricots12 variantsjonction12 variantsdominent12 variantslatérale12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list