Finger
\ˈfɪŋ.ɐ\
The verdict
“Finger” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,656. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,656
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doigt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-finger · Finger · French
Finger · rank #49,656 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,656
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH filez
Nearest frequency peer: filez (-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 « Finger »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- faucheuse
faucheuse
50,349 corpus weight
- Fee
Fee
50,348 corpus weight
- filez
filez
50,346 corpus weight
- Finger
Finger
50,345 corpus weight
- fluviaux
fluviaux
50,342 corpus weight
- formater
formater
50,341 corpus weight
What this shows « Finger » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Finger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfɪŋ.ɐ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Finger »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Finger (IPA \ˈfɪŋ.ɐ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,656 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Finger, with forms such as "ffinger", "figner", and "finegr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "finir", "fixer", "finie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Finger, spelled F-I-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Doigt.
- 2Doigt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Finger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hand des Menschen hat normalerweise fünf Finger.
Ob zähflüssig oder richtig fest: Eingetrockneter Nasenschleim kann ein Fremdkörpergefühl verursachen, ein Jucken auslösen, die Nasenatmung erschweren oder einfach gewaltig stören. Und schon ist er da: der Impuls, den Finger in die Nase zu stecken, um sich des Störenfrieds zu entledigen.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffinger
- figner
- finegr
- fingerr
- fingger
- fingre
- finnger
- fniger
- ifnger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Finger - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).