finisse
\fi.nis\
The verdict
“finisse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,872. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,872
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de finir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-finisse · finisse · French
finisse · rank #10,872 · 8 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,872
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH figurant
Nearest frequency peer: figurant (-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 « finisse »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Ernest
Ernest
89,133 corpus weight
- fanny
fanny
89,131 corpus weight
- figurant
figurant
89,130 corpus weight
- finisse
finisse
89,129 corpus weight
- Finistère
Finistère
89,128 corpus weight
- fire
fire
89,127 corpus weight
What this shows « finisse » 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 | finisse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fi.nis\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « finisse »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around finisse (IPA \fi.nis\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,872 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for finisse, with forms such as "ffinisse", "fiinsse", and "finise". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "fraisse", "finissez", "finissent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 finisse, spelled F-I-N-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de finir.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de finir.
- 3Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de finir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how finisse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment se fait-il que l’Alhambra de nougat conserve intactes ses délicates aiguilles et ne tombe pas en ruines, que la compote soit assez patiente pour ne pas s’évader à travers les barreaux de pâte de la tarte, que le saint-honoré tremblant et mollasse ne devienne pas une informe bouillie semblable à de la neige longtemps piétinée, que le godiveau, cont…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffinisse
- fiinsse
- finise
- finises
- finnisse
- finsise
- fniisse
- ifnisse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of finisse - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).