finir

\fi.niʁ\

/\fi.niʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“finir” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,291. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,291
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Achever, terminer, arriver à échéance, cesser, finaliser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-finir · finir · French

finir · rank #1,291 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,291
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fasse

Nearest frequency peer: fasse (-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 « finir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « finir » 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).

finir vs fins
60% similar
finir vs fuir
60% similar
finir vs finn
60% similar

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

Key facts for finir
PropertyValue
Headwordfinir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fi.niʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,291
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « finir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).finirse 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 « fasse » (#1,290), « familles » (#1,289), « goût » (#1,293). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « finir » est au #1,291. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around finir (IPA \fi.niʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,291 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for finir, with forms such as "ffinir", "fiinr", and "finirr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fins", "fuir", "finn", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 finir, spelled F-I-N-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Achever, terminer, arriver à échéance, cesser, finaliser.
  2. 2
    Exécuter avec un soin minutieux.
  3. 3
    Être la fin ou le terme de quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Terminer l’action indiquée par le verbe à l’infinitif.
  5. 5
    Cesser des choses trop longues, ennuyeuses, désagréables ou intolérables.
  6. 6
    Se terminer ou être terminé.
  7. 7
    Prendre fin, arriver à son terme.
  8. 8
    Avoir une certaine fin ou une certaine issue ; arriver à un certain résultat.
  9. 9
    Mourir.
  10. 10
    Suivi de « par » et d’un infinitif il indique que l’action est le terme ou le résultat de ce qui a précédé. → voir finir par
  11. 11
    Assouvir un désir jusqu’à l’épuisement et l’oubli.
  12. 12
    Jouir, avoir un orgasme jusqu’à atteindre la période réfractaire, éjaculer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], et elle lui fit signe d'attendre qu'elle eût fini de donner à boire à cet affligé, un malheureux couvreur qui s'était cassé les deux bras en tombant d'un toit.
  2. Quand il avait fini d'un plat, il repoussait un peu sa chaise afin de donner de l'aise à son ventre et il attendait.

Synonyms

terminermourir

Antonyms

commencer

This word in other languages

finish(English)terminar(Español)enden(Deutsch)acabar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffinir
  • fiinr
  • finirr
  • finnir
  • finri
  • fniir
  • ifnir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffinir1fiinr2finirr1finnir1finri2fniir2ifnir2
Edit distance from "finir"

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 "finir"?
"finir" is spelled F-I-N-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.niʁ\.
What does "finir" mean?
As a verb, "finir" means: Achever, terminer, arriver à échéance, cesser, finaliser.
What words are commonly confused with "finir"?
"finir" is commonly confused with "fins", "fuir", "finn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "finir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "finir" is \fi.niʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "finir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fasse#1,290vingt#1,281privé#1,273parlé#1,272

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

futur7 variantsfroid7 variantseffets7 variantsmusée7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list